Chüff1, n.
n. [Perhaps a modification of chub. Cf. also W. cuff, stock, stump.] A coarse, heavy, dull, or surly fellow; a clown. Shak.
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n. [Perhaps a modification of chub. Cf. also W. cuff, stock, stump.] A coarse, heavy, dull, or surly fellow; a clown. Shak.
a. Surly; ill-tempered; irascible. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.