Cuff
Cuff (k?f) , transitive verb
[Compare Swedish kuffa to knock, push,kufva to check, subdue, and English cow, transitive verb ]
1.
To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.
I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again.
They with their quills did all the hurt they could,
And cuffed the tender chickens from their food.
2.
To buffet.
Cuffed by the gale.
Cuff , intransitive verb
To fight; to scuffle; to box.
While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
Cuff , noun
A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.
Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies;
Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff.
Many a bitter kick and cuff.
Cuff , noun
[Perh. from French coiffe headdress, hood, or coif; as if the cuff were a cap for the hand. Compare Coif.]
1.
The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.
He would visit his mistress in a morning gown, band, short cuffs, and a peaked beard.
2.
Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate; especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like.