hufflev.
/ˈhʌf(ə)l/ Obsolete exc. dialect.† 2.
1. † b. To raise in relief, emboss. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To blow; to fan (a fire); to inflate.
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the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > set (air) in motion [verb (transitive)] > blow on or into
ablastOE
inspirec1405
huffle1582
afflate1599
van1628
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 19 Whereby hee..with gyfts might carrye the Princesse Too braynesick loouefits, to her boans fire smouldered huffling.
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 39 Jerkin Beef, which is hufled, and slasht through, hung up and dryed in the Sun.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > [verb (transitive)] > represent in relief
embossc1385
enlevec1400
boss1530
huffle1638
1638 Brit. Patent 118 Ymbroidering or hufling of guilded leather..fitt for hangings.
c. Of the wind: to make a sound as of blowing in gusts.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow fitfully > in gusts
wapc1400
thud1513
flaw1806
to gust up1813
tuck1833
huffle1862
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [verb (intransitive)] > rushing sound > of wind
whither1487
warble1579
huffle1862
whuffle1906
1862 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 3rd Coll. 122 Where sharp-leav'd ashès' heads did twist In hufflèn wind, an' driftèn mist.
1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. i. iii. 70 The winds do huffle queerer to-night than ever I heard 'em afore.
a. transitive. To puff up, inflate, or elevate with pride. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > inflate with pride [verb (transitive)]
swellc1200
bolnea1340
inblowc1384
blow1388
embolne1430
puff1526
inflate1530
puft1563
tympanize1593
overleaven1604
bladder1610
hufflea1652
bloat1677
a1652 R. Brome Damoiselle iii. ii, in Wks. (1873) I. 426 Let not your fine French Frippery..Huffle you up to Soveraignty.
1673 Duke of Lauderdale in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) III. xii. 17 But now he is huffled up that he must appeare a considerable man.
b. intransitive. To puff, bluster. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)]
face1440
brace1447
ruffle1484
puff1490
to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499
to face with a card of ten?1499
cock1542
to brave it1549
roist1563
huff1598
swagger1600
ruff1602
tear1602
bouncec1626
to bravade the street1634
brustle1648
hector1661
roister1663
huffle1673
ding1679
fluster1698
bully1733
to bluster like bull-beef1785
swell1795
buck1880
swashbuckle1897
loudmouth1931
1673 Duke of Lauderdale in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) III. xii. 14 Another who is about you who yow know hath long huffled at me.
Derivatives
ˈhuffle n. a sudden gust of wind, or the sound made by this.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blast or gust of
ghosteOE
blasta1000
blas?c1225
ragec1405
blorec1440
flaw1513
thud1513
flaga1522
fuddera1522
flake1555
flan1572
whid?1590
flirta1592
gust1594
berry1598
wind-catch1610
snuff1613
stress1625
flash1653
blow1655
fresh1662
scud1694
flurry1698
gush1704
flam1711
waff1727
flawer1737
Roger's Blasta1825
flaff1827
slat1840
scart1861
rodges-blast1879
huffle1889
slap1890
slammer1891
Sir Roger1893
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > rushing sound > of wind
hurlinga1398
whoo1842
windiness1879
huffle1889
suffling1904
wind noise1936
1889 S. Baring-Gould et al. Songs of West 9 At the huffle of the gale, Here I toss and cannot sleep.
1891 ‘L. Malet’ Wages of Sin III. vi. ii. 82 A huffle of wind, hot with the festering reek of the streets away across the river, fluttered the leaves... The wind huffled again.
ˈhuffling n. and adj. blowing, blustering, swelling.
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the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective]
to-bollenc1175
bolledc1375
bolnedc1380
swollenc1386
blown1483
puffed?a1500
inflate?1504
bellieda1533
bladder-puffed1549
uppuffed1573
huffling1582
swellinga1586
upblown1590
tumorous1603
windy1603
windy-headed1603
huffed1605
flown1606
huff-pufft1608
puff-pasted1610
turgid1620
turgent1621
high-blown1623
tympanous1625
bladdered1633
tympaneda1634
tumoured1635
tympanied1637
enormous1641
over-leaven1648
flatulent1658
tympany-like1658
huffy1677
tumefied1677
blubbered1699
full-blown1699
bloated1731
tympanitical1772
inflated1785
pompholygous1855
overblown1864
forblown-
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [adjective]
termagant1546
roisterly1555
swashing1556
puffing1566
roisting1567
cocking1568
braving1579
huffling1582
kill-cow1589
roister-doistering1593
roister-doisterly1593
hufty-tufty1596
swaggering1596
huff-cap1597
sword-and-buckler1598
huffing1602
pyrgopolinizing1605
bold-beatinga1616
swash1635
swaga1640
blustering1652
bravashing1652
hectoring1664
hectorly1676
huffy1677
huff-snuff1693
swashbuckling1693
flustering1698
blustery1739
huffish1755
bravading1812
topping1815
Bobadilish1832
Bobadilian1837
fanfaronading1837
bucko1883
swashbucklering1884
swaggery1886
blokeish1920
blokey1938
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blowing
blowingc1000
huffling1582
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > blowing (of wind)
blazing1535
fanning1555
breathing1591
huffing1605
breezing1682
huffling1847
ablow1905
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 3 Auctoritye..Too swage seas surging, or raise by blusterus huffling.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 64 Scaped from rough tempestuus huffling.
a1657 R. Lovelace Poems (1864) 225 When to our huffling Henry there complain'd A grieved earl.
1689 State Europe in Harl. Misc. I. 200 Her huffling and prosperous condition may be rendered languishing enough.
1847 C. A. Johns Forest Trees Great Brit. I. 357 The huffling winds which we often experience in summer.
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