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   Cuff , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cuffed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cuffing.] [Cf. Sw. kuffa to knock, push,kufva to check, subdue, and E. cow, v. t. ]
   To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.
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   I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again.
   Shak.
   
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   They with their quills did all the hurt they could,
   And cuffed the tender chickens from their food.
   Dryden.
   
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   To buffet. “Cuffed by the gale.” 
   Tennyson.
   
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   Cuff, v. i. To fight; to scuffle; to box.
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   While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
   Dryden.
   
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   Cuff, n. A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.
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   Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies;
   Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff.
   Spenser.
   
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   Many a bitter kick and cuff.
   Hudibras.
   
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   Cuff, n. [Perh. from F. coiffe headdress, hood, or coif; as if the cuff were a cap for the hand. Cf. Coif.]
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   The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.
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   He would visit his mistress in a morning gown, band, short cuffs, and a peaked beard.
   Arbuthnot.
   
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   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.
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