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▪ I. tiffle, v.1 Obs. exc. dial. (ˈtɪf(ə)l) Forms: 4 tifle, 5 tiffel, tyffle, 6 tyf(f)ell, 9 tiffle. [Dim. or freq. of tiff v.1] † 1. trans. To dress up, adorn, deck or trick out (in a trifling or time-wasting way). Obs.1388 Wyclif Ecclus. xxxii. 15 In the our of risyng, tifle [1382 tyff] thee not. ...
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tuffle
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.21777 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.179...
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tiff
▪ I. † tiff, n.1 Obs. rare—1. [f. tiff v.1] Manner of dressing or arranging, get-up; the way in which the hair, wig, etc. is dressed.1703 The Levellers in Harl. Misc. (1745) V. 419/2 Did you mark the beau Tiff of his Wig, what a deal of Pains he took to toss it back?▪ II. tiff, n.2 colloq. or slang....
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