Sc. Obs. [cf. F. bouffer.]

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  trans. ? To puff out. Hence Buft ppl. a.

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1572.  Lament. Lady Scotl., in Scot. Poems 16th C., II. 252. Buft brawlit hois, coit, dowblet, sark and scho.

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1573.  Sege Edinb. Castel, ibid. II. 294. That socht na tailzeours for to bufe thair breiks.

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