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CUFF, n. [L.,Gr.]

1. A blow with the fist; a stroke; a box.

2. It is used of fowls that fight with their talons.

To be at fisty-cuffs, to fight with blows of the fist.

CUFF, v.t. To strike with the fist, as a man; or with talons or wings, as a fowl.

CUFF, v.i. To fight; to scuffle.

CUFF, n. [This word probably signifies a fold or doubling.] The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.

1913 Definition
Cuff (cuff)
v. t.(k?f)
Cuff
[imp. *** p. p. Cuffed (k&?]ft); p. pr. *** vb. n. Cuffing.] [Cf. Sw. kuffa to knock, push,kufva to check, subdue, and E. cow, v. t. ]
  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.
    Shak.

    They with their quills did all the hurt they could,
    And cuffed the tender chickens from their food.
    Dryden.

  2. To buffet.
    "Cuffed by the gale." Tennyson.
  3. To fight; to scuffle; to box.

    While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
    Dryden.

  4. 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.
    Spenser.

    Many a bitter kick and cuff.
    Hudibras.

  5. 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.
    Arbuthnot.

  6. 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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