| 释义 |
tuffle, v. dial.|ˈtʌf(ə)l|
[app. onomatopœic: cf. tiffle v.2]
1. trans. To put into disorder, ruffle, rumple; to entangle, ravel; = tiffle v.2
1777Horæ Subsecivæ 431 (E.D.D.). a1810in Cromek Rem. Nithsdale Song 67 An' what has tuffled yere gowden locks..?
2. To bind up (flax) in loose sheaves.
1799A. Young Agric. Lincoln 164 (Flax cultivation) Tuffle it; that is making it in a loose sheaf, open at bottom. |