Cuff, v. i. To fight; to
scuffle; to box.
While the peers cuff to make the rabble
sport.
Dryden.
Cuff (k?f), v. t. [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.
Cuff, n. [Perh. from F.
coiffe headdress, hood, or coif; as if the cuff were a cap
for the hand. Cf. 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.
Arbuthnot.
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.
Cuff, n. 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.