Contents:

• Amostrínha
• Aapjessnuif
• Bergamot
• Bran
• Cedrotabak
• Cephalic
• Civet
• Côtes de Manoques
• Debröer
• Doppelmops
• Eye Snuff
• Façon d’Espagne
• Fichtennadeltabak
• Garanza
• Granulated
• Hardham’s Thirty-Seven
• High-Dried
• Jasmine
• Kendal Brown
• Lundy Foot’s High Toast
• Musk
• Naturel
• Negrillo
• Nessing
• Orangery
• Pizzichino di Lucca
• Pongibon
• Poudre d’Arles
• Prince’s Mixture
• Rappee
• Sans Sauce
• Schmalzler
• Scotch
• Seville
• Spanish
• Tabaco de Barro
• Tabaco de Palillos
• Tabaco de Vinagrillo
• Violet Strasbourg
• Welch
• Zenziglio

Amostrínha.

(Tabaco de Amostrínha.) A sort of snuff tobacco that was finely ground.

Aapjessnuif.

A sort of snuff being a mixture of tobacco and hellebore that was purported to benefit disorders of the head with use. Compare Cephalic.

Bergamot.

(De. Bergamottetabak; Es. Bergamota.) A sort of snuff tobacco that was scented with bergamot oil.

Bran.

(De. Kleie.) A sort of snuff tobacco that was coarsely ground and named for its superficial resemblance to bran.

Cedrotabak.

A sort of snuff tobacco that was scented with a lemon oil.

Cephalic.

(De. Hirntabak; Es. Polvos Cefálicos; La. Pulvis Cephalicus.) A sort of snuff being typically a mixture of tobacco and various herbs that was purported to benefit disorders of the head with use. Compare Eye Snuff.

Civet.

(Fr. Tabac à la Civette.) A sort of snuff tobacco that was scented with civet, which is a glandular secretion of a species of the same name that is used in perfumery.

Côtes de Manoques.

A sort of snuff tobacco that was made of the midribs of leaves.

Debröer.

(Debrier.) A sort of snuff tobacco of Hungary that was yellow in color and whose name is that of the domestic tobacco variety of which it was made.

Doppelmops.

A sort of snuff tobacco that was made of carrot tobacco and whose name, which translates as two pugs, was said to have derived from branding employed by a Dutch tobacco carrot manufacturer.

Eye Snuff.

(De. Augenschnupftabak, Augentabak.) A sort of nasal snuff being typically a mixture of tobacco and various herbs that was purported to benefit eye health with use. Compare Cephalic.

Façon d’Espagne.

A sort of snuff tobacco that imitated the Spanish sort. See also Spanish.

Fichtennadeltabak.

See Fichtennadeltabak.

Garanza.

(De. Garanzatabak.) The first and finest sort of Seville snuff tobacco. See also Seville and Spanish.

Granulated.

(Ca. Tabaco Gros; De. Granirter Tabak, Granulirter Tabak; Es. Tabaco Groso; Fr. Tabac Grené; La. Tabacum Granosum.) A sort of snuff tobacco whose grains were coarse and wetly clumped and that typically was scented.

Hardham’s Thirty-Seven.

A sort of snuff tobacco said to have properly been a mixture of dutch sort and black rappee sort tobaccos and that was coarsely ground, and which was named for a John Hardham of London.

High-Dried.

A sort of snuff tobacco that during manufacture is subject to a dry heat process, which is to say a roasting.

Jasmine.

(De. Jasmintabak; Fr. Tabac de Jasmine.) A sort of snuff tobacco that was scented with jasmine in some form.

Kendal Brown.

A sort of snuff tobacco that is brown in color, coarse in grind, relatively moist, and typically though not necessarily scented, and which is named for Kendal in Cumbria with which it is commonly associated.

Lundy Foot’s High Toast.

A sort of snuff tobacco that was made from stalk and leaf of Virginia Tobacco which had been fermented and subsequently high-dried, which is to say roasted, and that did not contain any ingredient other than tobacco and water, the latter in a quantity certainly not more than from 15 to 18 per cent (S. Foot, 1844). See also High-Dried.

Musk.

(De. Moschtabak; Fr. Tabac Musqué.) A sort of snuff tobacco that was scented with musk.

Naturel.

(De. Natural.) A sort of snuff tobacco that was not sauced during its manufacture. Compare Sans Sauce.

Negrillo.

A sort of snuff tobacco that was black in color.

Nessing.

A sort of snuff tobacco that was made from a pressed tobacco roll product manufactured originally by the Jan Nessing concern of Holland, which was black in color and characteristically finely ground.

Orangery.

(En. Orange Snuff; Nl. Oranjesnuif.) A sort of snuff tobacco that was scented with orange blossoms.

Pizzichino di Lucca.

(Pizzighén.) A sort of snuff tobacco that was manufactured in Lucca and was said to have had a sharp scent.

Pongibon.

(Fr. Tabac de Pongibon.) A sort of snuff tobacco that originally was manufactured in the Italian town of Poggibonsi and was scented.

Poudre d’Arles.

(Arles.) A sort of snuff tobacco that was an imitation of the Spanish sort and whose name derives from its place of manufacture, that is the city of Arles on the Rhône. See also Spanish and Façon d’Espagne.

Prince’s Mixture.

A sort of snuff tobacco that was properly a dark rappee and scented with attar of roses, and which was named for a George Augustus Frederick.

Rappee.

(Rapé, Rapee, Rapée, Rappe, Rappy.) This term has taken multiple meanings but originally carried the meaning of a snuff tobacco that had been reduced by grating, which is an obsolete manufacturing process belonging to the pre-industrial era that was performed oftentimes by the consumer or the tobacconist who would apply a tobacco grater to a processed tobacco product such as a carrot and make an inevitably coarse and irregular snuff.

Sans Sauce.

A sort of snuff tobacco that was not sauced during its manufacture. Compare Naturel.

Schmalzler.

A sort of snuff tobacco of Bavaria that traditionally is made with tobacco mangotes sourced from Brasil, which typically are dark and rich on account of being heavily fermented, and that characteristically is greased, formerly with animal and vegetable fats but more recently with mineral oils.

Scotch.

(De. Schottischer Schnupftabak; En. Scots; Fr. Tabac d’Écosse.) This term was historically used to refer to snuff tobacco of, from, or associated with Scotland and also to a particular sort of snuff which was said to have typically been made entirely or predominately from tobacco stems that had undergone a fermentation process before being ground, and that was dry and could be scented or unscented.

Seville.

(De. Sevilla, Sevillatabak; Es. Polvo Sevillano, Tabaco de Sevilla; Fr. Tabac de Seville; It. Siviglia, Siviglia di Spagna, Tabacco di Siviglia.) Snuff tobacco of the Spanish sort that specifically was produced by the Royal Tobacco Manufactory of Seville (Real Fábrica de Tabacos de Sevilla). See also Spanish.

Spanish.

(De. Spaniol, Spanischer Schnupftabak; Fr. Espagnol; Hu. Spanyol Tobák; It. Polviglio di Spagna, Son di Spagna, Tabacco di Spagna, Tabacco Spagnuolo; Nl. Spaansch; Sv. Spanskt Snus.) A sort of snuff tobacco that was properly manufactured in Spain with leaf from the Spanish Americas and that typically was on the red-yellow color spectrum for having been dyed with ochre and was finely ground.

Tabaco de Barro.

(Fr. Tabac de Bucaro.) A sort of snuff comprised of a mixture of tobacco and fine and fragant mud.

Tabaco de Palillos.

(De. Stengeltabak; La. Tabacum ex Scapis.) A sort of snuff tobacco that was made of midrib and stem and typically was scented.

Tabaco de Vinagrillo.

(Tabaco Vinagrillo) A sort of snuff tobacco that was flavored with a vinegar.

Violet Strasbourg.

(Violet Strasburg, Violet Strasburgh.) A sort of snuff said to have properly consisted of a mixture of rappee tobacco and bitter almond powder that was scented with ambergris and attar of roses, which was purportedly named for its city of origin and considered a woman’s sort.

Welch.

(Welsh.) This term was historically used to refer to snuff tobacco of, from, or associated with Wales and also to a particular sort of snuff which was said to have typically been made from tobacco stems that had undergone a fermentation process before being roasted and then ground, that was legally permitted to have included limewater as an alkalising agent, and that was dry and unscented. See also High-Dried.

Zenziglio.

(Senziglio.) A sort of snuff tobacco that was manufactured originally in Savoyard Sardinia by the royal tobacco monopoly from leaf that had undergone a fermentation process for a duration of some two or more years and that was of a yellow color, finely ground, and perfumed.