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Cuff


CUFF, noun [Latin , 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, verb transitive To strike with the fist, as a man; or with talons or wings, as a fowl.

CUFF, verb intransitive To fight; to scuffle.

CUFF, noun [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.