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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1512, 1567-1568
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Cuf(f, v. [f. Cuff n.1] tr. To furnish with cuffs. —1512 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 420.
For ane naile of velwus to cuf the said doublettis a1568 Bannatyne MS 228 b/39.
Hir slewis suld be of sueit semblans … Weill cuffit with continewance