(1):
(n.) Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.
(2):
(v. i.) To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
(3):
(n.) The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.
(4):
(n.) An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.