Sc. Obs. [cf. F. bouffer.]
trans. ? To puff out. Hence Buft ppl. a.
1572. Lament. Lady Scotl., in Scot. Poems 16th C., II. 252. Buft brawlit hois, coit, dowblet, sark and scho.
1573. Sege Edinb. Castel, ibid. II. 294. That socht na tailzeours for to bufe thair breiks.