Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TOFFERY, adj. Of people or animals: without appetite, unable to eat (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [′tɔfərɪ]
[Ad. Norw. dial. taaver, tauver, a kind of cattle sickness, a paralysis of the mouth and throat, O.N. taufr, sorcery, a bewitched state.]
