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Webster 1913 Edition

Cuff

Cuff

(k?f)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cuffed
(k[GREEK]ft)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Cuffing
.]
[Cf. Sw.
kuffa
to knock, push,
kufva
to check, subdue, and E.
cow
, v. t. ]
1.
To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.
I swear I’ll
cuff
you, if you strike again.
Shakespeare
They with their quills did all the hurt they could,
And
cuffed
the tender chickens from their food.
Dryden.
2.
To buffet.
“Cuffed by the gale.”
Tennyson.

Cuff

,
Verb.
I.
To fight; to scuffle; to box.
While the peers
cuff
to make the rabble sport.
Dryden.

Cuff

,
Noun.
A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.
Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies;
Who well it wards, and quitten
cuff
with
cuff
.
Spenser.
Many a bitter kick and
cuff
.
Hudibras.

Cuff

,
Noun.
[Perh. from F.
coiffe
headdress, hood, or coif; as if the cuff were a cap for the hand. Cf.
Coif
.]
1.
The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.
He would visit his mistress in a morning gown, band, short
cuffs
, and a peaked beard.
Arbuthnot.
2.
Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate; especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cuff

CUFF

,
Noun.
[L.,Gr.]
1.
A blow with the fist; a stroke; a box.
2.
It is used of fowls that fight with their talons.
To be at fisty-cuffs, to fight with blows of the fist.

CUFF

,
Verb.
T.
To strike with the fist, as a man; or with talons or wings, as a fowl.

CUFF

,
Verb.
I.
To fight; to scuffle.

CUFF

,
Noun.
[This word probably signifies a fold or doubling.] The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.

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