vbl. sb. Obs. [f. BAFF v. + -ING1.] Barking; also fig.

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1401.  Pol. Poems (1859), II. 53. Bot wel I wot thi baffyng … may not menuse this seint.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 20. Baffynge or bawlynge of howndys, Baulatus, baffatus.

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