tuffle, v. dial.
(ˈtʌf(ə)l)
[app. onomatopœic: cf. tiffle v.2]
1. trans. To put into disorder, ruffle, rumple; to entangle, ravel; = tiffle v.2
| 1777 Horæ Subsecivæ 431 (E.D.D.). a 1810 in Cromek Rem. Nithsdale Song 67 An' what has tuffled yere gowden locks..? |
2. To bind up (flax) in loose sheaves.
| 1799 A. Young Agric. Lincoln 164 (Flax cultivation) Tuffle it; that is making it in a loose sheaf, open at bottom. |