cuff

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Glove; mitten
   obsolete
3. A handcuff.
   informal, plural, plural-only
4. A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
5. The scruff of the neck.
   Scotland
6. The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
7. The end of a pants leg when folded up.
8. A surgical procedure in which parts of the body that were not previously connected are stitched together.

Equivalents

Examples

“The Sarazin sore daunted with the buffe / Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; / Who well it wards, and quyteth cuff with cuff:”

“many a bitter kick⟳ and cuff”

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