[puck-ball
alleged syn. of puff-ball 1, puckfist 1: app. a misprint in Bailey's Folio.
| [1708 Kersey, Puck-fist or Puff-ball, a kind of Mushroom full of Dust. So 1721– Bailey (octavo).] 1730 Bailey (folio), Puck-ball, Puck-fist, a Kind of Mushroom full of Dust. 1755 Johnson, Puckball or puckfist (from puck the fairy, a fairy's ball). Hence in mod. Dicts.] |