MUFF

n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

2.
n.

A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.

3.
n.

A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.

4.
n.

A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. [Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." Thackeray.

5.
n.

A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.

6.
n.

The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]

7.
v.

To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.


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