Nottle

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The small amount of unburned tobacco that remains in the bowl of a pipe once smoking is finished
2. Leftover tobacco ash and unsmoked remnants left at the bottom of a pipe after use
3. The unsmoked bit of tobacco left in a pipe bowl, often saved and mixed into the next fill

Etymology: Smokers who used clay or briar pipes had to clear the charred residue from the bowl between smokes, a job done by tapping out the ash and scraping the walls with a tool. The verb "nottle" names that act of emptying a pipe bowl.