[f. SNIFFLE v.]
1. A strong, smart, or brisk breeze or wind.
1768. Ross, Helenore, 32. Wi weet an wind sae tyte into my teeth,… I gat na sik a teazle this seven year…. I maun na ilka day be coming here, To get sic sniflers [1789 snifters].
1833. M. Scott, Tom Cringle, viii. At length the sniffler reached us, and the sharp little vessel began to speak.
1891. Cent. Dict., Sniffler, a capful of wind.
2. One who sniffles.
1887. W. S. Gilbert, Ruddigore, II. Sniffler, snuffler, wailer, weeper.
