Dictionary entry

Snuffle

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Snuf″fle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Snuffled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Snuffling (?).] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G. schnüffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. snövle. Cf. Sniffle.] To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

One clad in purple

Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme...

Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat. Dryden.