mully-puffn.
/ˈmʌlɪpʌf/, U.S. /ˈməliˌpəf/ Now English regional (rare).
A puffball fungus, esp. one dried and pressed for use as a styptic. Also in extended use (derogatory): †a despised person (obsolete).
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1629 J. Shirley Wedding iv. sig. H4v Thou mully-puffe, were it not iustice to kicke thy guts out.
1640 J. Shirley St. Patrick v. sig. H2 My skull is as tender as a Mullipuffe.
1656 A. L. Fox tr. F. Würtz Exper. Treat. Surg. ii. viii. 74 I covered the wound with mullipuffs, and bound it with broad swathing-bands... The next day taking off the uppermost rouler, there I found the lint mullipuff stick close to the wound.
1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 81 Fuss-balls, Mullipuffes called by the Fishermen Wolves-farts, are to be found plentifully.
1705 S. Dale Pharmacologiæ: Suppl. 42 Crepitus Lupi... Lycoperdon vulgare... Puff-Balls, Bull-fists, Mollipuffs.
1737 B. Franklin in Pennsylvania Gaz. 20 Oct. 1/2 I will give you some Instances of this Way of Writing [sc. in almanacs], which are almost inimitable, such as these, Leeds, Jan. 23; 1736. Beware, the Design is suspected... April 10. Cully Mully puff appears.
a1903 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 198/2 [Hertfordshire] Mully-puff [the puff-ball, genus Lycoperdon].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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