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puff-fist
† ˈpuff-fist, -foist Obs. rare. [f. puff n. or v. stem + fist n.2, foist n.3, crepitus. Cf. puckfist of same date.] = puff-ball 1.1597 Gerarde Herbal iii. clxii. 1386 Puffes Fistes [Index Puffe Fistes], are commonly called in Latine Lupi crepitus, or Woolfes Fistes:..in English Puffes Fistes, and Fu... Oxford English Dictionary
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puckfist
puckfist (ˈpʌkfɪst) Also 7 puc-, pukfist, puckfoyst, 7–9 puckfoist. See also Eng. Dial. Dict. [app. f. puck n.1 + fist n.2 Cf. puff-fist, -foist, which appears about the same date.] 1. The Puff-ball, Lycoperdon Bovista. Also abbreviated puck.1601 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. v, I'll blow him into aire, w... Oxford English Dictionary
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