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huff-cap, a. and n. Obs. or arch.|ˈhʌfkæp|
[f. huff v. + cap n., i.e., ‘that huffs or raises the cap’.]
A. adj.
1. Of liquor: That goes to the head, heady, strong. Obs. exc. Hist.
1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 74 The huffe-cappest drink in that house you shal be sure of alwayes. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Satyre Wks. ii. 261/2 Sale of hufcap liquor. 1635― Parr in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) IV. 212 At the alehouse, huff-cap ale to taste.
2. Blustering, swaggering. arch.
1597Bp. Hall Sat. i. iii, Graced with huff-cap terms and thundring threats. 1737Ozell Rabelais i. liv, No huff⁓cap Squire, or Brother of the Blade. 1889Swinburne Study B. Jonson, A huffcap hero as ever mouthed and strutted out his hour on the stage.
B. n.
1. Strong and heady ale; also, a composite drink made from it. Obs. exc. Hist.
1577Harrison England ii. xviii. (1877) i. 295 There is such headie ale and beere in most of them, as for the mightinesse thereof, among such as seeke it out, is commonlie called huffecap, the mad dog, father whoresonne, angels food, dragons milke. 1594Greene & Lodge Looking Glasse G.'s Wks. (Rtldg.) 127/2 [The] ale is strong ale, 'tis huffcap. 1630T. Westcote View Devonshire v. x. (1845) 393 This [the nappiest ale that can be drunk] being made into a huff-cap is held to be meat, drink, and cloth for warmth. 1884Black Jud. Shaks. xxi, The rascal brewers..put all manner of abominations into their huff-cap.
†2. A swaggering or hectoring blade; a swashbuckler. Obs.
1600Dekker Gentle Craft Wks. 1873 I. 70, I am with child till I behold this huffecap..when we come in presence His madnesse will be dasht cleane out of countenance. 1687M. Clifford Notes Dryden ii. 7 Was not this Huff-cap once the Indian Emperour, and at another time did not he call himself Maximine? 1706Farquhar Recruit. Officer v. v, You have made a fine speech, good Captain Huff-cap! |