▪ I. chuffy, a.1 Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈtʃʌfɪ)
[f. chuff n.1]
Clownish, churlish, rude, surly, morose.
| a 1700 Dryden Ovid, Story of Stellio, A chuffy lad [duri puer oris et audax] was by. 1715 Kersey, Chuffy, clownish, rough, rude. So 1721–1800 in Bailey. 1877 Holderness Gloss., Chuffy, saucy. 1888 Sheffield Gloss., Chuffy, fussy, proud, conceited. |
▪ II. chuffy, a.2 Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈtʃʌfɪ)
[f. chuff n.2 + -y1.]
Fat, swollen or puffed out with fat, esp. of the cheeks; plump-cheeked; chubby.
| 1611 Cotgr., Gifflard..Chuffie, full-cheekt; swollen or puft vp, in the face, and throat. Ibid., Mourru..Chuffie, broad, out-standing, like the face of a Lyon, muzzle of an Oxe, etc. 1714 Lond. Gaz. No. 5274/11 A lusty brown chuffy Woman. 1774 Westm. Mag. II. 93 The chuffy cit [may] his porter swill. 1786 Burns Earnest Cry & Prayer viii, A chuffie vintner. a 1825 Forby E. Anglia Voc., Chuffy..means fat and fleshy, particularly in the cheeks. 1883 Hampsh. Gloss. (E.D.S.), Chuffy, broad-faced, healthy. |
b. chuffy brick: a brick puffed out by the escape of rarified air or steam during burning (O.).
c. Comb. chuffy-cheeked adj.
| 1725 Ramsay Gentle Sheph. ii. iii, Bessy Feetock's chuffy-cheeked wain [= wean]. 1879 Jamieson, Chuffie-cheeks, a ludicrous designation given to a full-faced child. |