† bullfistn.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
The fungus called puff-ball ( Lycoperdon bovista). ‘Still in use in Suffolk’ Britten and Holland.
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puff1538
earth-puff1585
foist1593
fist1597
fuzz-ball1597
puff-fist1597
bunt1601
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bullfist1611
mully-puff1629
fist-ball1635
puffball1649
puck-ball1730
puffin1755
lycoperdon1756
frog cheese1766
puck1766
fuzzy-ballc1850
ball smut1925
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pissaulict, a fuss-ball..puffiste, or bullfiste.
1755 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 124/2 The remarkable quality of the Lycoperdon, Puff-ball, or Bul-fist for stopping hæmorrhages.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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