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faffle
ˈfaffle, v. dial. [Of echoic origin: cf. maffle; also dial. faff a puff of wind, faff to blow in sudden gusts.] a. To stutter or stammer; to utter incoherent sounds. b. To saunter; to fumble. c. Of a sail: To flap idly in the wind. d. = faff v.1570 Levins Manip. 9 To Faffle, balbutire. Ibid. 127 Faf... Oxford English Dictionary
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faff
faff, v. dial. and colloq. (fæf) [cf. faffle v.] intr. To fuss, to dither. Often with about. Also as n., fuss, ‘flap’.1874 S. Baring-Gould Yorks. Oddities I. 179 T' clock⁓maker..fizzled an' faff'd aboot her, but nivver did her a farthing's worth o' good. 1888 J. Dalby Mayroyd III. vi. 99 A flay-crow... Oxford English Dictionary
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fuff
▪ I. fuff, n. Chiefly Sc. (fʌf) [f. next vb.] 1. A puff of wind; also a sound resembling this; the ‘spit’ of a cat; a whiff (of tobacco-smoke).1535 Lyndesay Satyre 2137 Ane fistand flag; a flagartie fuffe. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 67 Something hin' her wi' a skyte, Gat up, an' gied a fuff. 1816 Scott An... Oxford English Dictionary
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