Meaning of huffcap | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Strong ale.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. A bully or blusterer.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“To quench the scorching heat of our parched throtes, with the best nippitatum in this toun, which is commonly called huffcap, it will make a man look as though he had seen the devil, and quickly move him to call his own father whoreson.”

“Then, when the Nippitatum, this Huf-cap (as they call it) and this nectar of lyfe, is ſet abroche, wel is he that can get the ſooneſt to it, and ſpend the moſt at it; for he that fitteth the cloſeſt to it, and ſpends the moſte at it, he is counted the godlieſt man of all the reſt; but who either cannot, for pinching pouertie, or otherwiſe, wil not ſtick to it, he is counted one deſtitute bothe of vertue and godlynes.”

“I am with child, till I behold this huff-cap.”

“Prethee tell me true, was not this Huff-cap once the Indian Emperour, and at another time did not he call himself Maximine?”

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