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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mouf, Mufe, n. [Cf. e.m.Du. mof (16th c.), e.m.E. muffe (1599), = muff, F. moufle (see Muffill n.) (Walloon mofe, mouffe), = mitten, and the mod. dial. muff (whence the adjs. muffed, muffy, muftie), chiefly applied to the tufts of feathers at the head or round the neck or legs of certain birds and fowls.] ? A muff; in the first quot. ? a muffler of some kind round the neck. —15.. Sym & Bruder 84.
His beird it wes als lang & blak That it hang our his mouf [: glufe, Dufe, stuffe] 1649 Wemyss Chart. 233.
An pair of koural brislits … an mouf 1694 Household Bk. Gr. Baillie 257.
For safer of a mufe 2 lb. 18.
