fuffle, v. Sc. rare.
(ˈfʌf(ə)l)
[onomatopœic.]
trans. To throw into disorder; to jerk about; to hustle, treat with contumely. Hence ˈfuffled ppl. a. Also ˈfuffle n., violent exertion, fuss.
| 1536 Lyndesay Answ. Kingis Flyting 54 That feynd, with fuffilling of hir roistit hoch, Caist doun the fat. 1635 D. Dickson Pract. Writ. (1845) I. 177 Thou must be content instead of favour to be fuffled. 1801 Hogg Sc. Pastorals 14 When muckle Pate, wi' desp'rate fuffle, Had at Poltowa won the scuffle. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 66 He saw the Vicar..In fuffel'd garb, and plicht ungainly. |