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A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.] Drayton.

A philosophic movement of the 18th century characterized by a lively questioning of authority, keen interest in matters of politics and general culture, and an emphasis on empirical method in science. It received its impetus from the unsystematic but vigorous skepticism of Pierre Bayle, the physical doctrines of Newton…

A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet. A beaufet . . . filled with gold and silver vessels. Prescott.

See Biffin. Wright.

A scale of wind force devised by Sir F. Beaufort, R. N., in 1805, in which the force is indicated by numbers from 0 to 12.

A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water. Philips.

A gung of slaves. Same as Coffle.

A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottem, and an open top.

[pl.] (F. Hist.)

A woman chauffeur.

A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout. Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat. King.

To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer.

A mode of plaiting or fluting. Gauffering iron, a kind of fluting iron for fabrics. -- Gauffering press (Flower Manuf.), a press for crimping the leaves and petals into shape.

A gopher, esp. the pocket gopher.

Shipwreck; ruin. [Obs.] acon.

causing shipwreck. [Obs.] r. Taylor.

A dish of food that has been warmed again, hence, fig., something made up from old material; a rehash.

Save; except. [Obs.] "Sauf I myself." Chaucer.

Safely. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Together. [Obs.] Spenser. He and Aufidius can no more atone Than violentest contrariety. Shak.