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CUFF
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant spelling of Cuff.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker and seller of gloves or a nickname for a wearer of particularly fine gloves, from Middle English cuffe ‘glove’ (of uncertain origin; attested in this sense from the 14th century, with the modern meaning first in the 16th century).Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dhuibh, a variant of Mac Duibh ‘son of the black one’ (see Duff).Irish : approximate translation of Gaelic Ó DoirnÃn (see Dornan).Cornish : nickname from Cornish cuf ‘dear’, ‘kind’.
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n.
The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.
v. i.
To fight; to scuffle; to box.
n.
A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.
n.
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.
v. t.
To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.
n.
A name for a negro.
n.
A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.
v. t.
To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.
imp. & p. p.
of Cuff
n.
A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets.
n.
A cuff or blow with the fist or hand
v. t.
To buffet.
n.
The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color different from that of the coat.
n.
The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Cuff
v. t.
To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.
v. i.
A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.