Noah Webster
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.