muffityn.
/ˈmʌfᵻti/, U.S. /ˈməfədi/ A size of Cotswold stone roofing slate.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > stone of the nature of slate > for roofing > piece of > having definite dimensions
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muffity1914
1914 M. S. Gretton Corner of Cotswolds ix. 175 The tiles for our roofs are called, according to their sizes, long wivets, long bachelors, short bachelors, longbecks..muffities, long days, and short days.
1929 N. Lloyd Building Craftsmanship 93 The names and sizes of Stonefield [sic] Quarry slates..are Muffity or movedays 8 in.
1986 R. Lewis Trout in Milk ii. 60 The trimming [of roofing slates] into the appropriate sizes, with their Lewis Carroll-sounding names: muffties and wivetts, tants and cussems.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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