† yoffv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To make a sound resembling the grunt of a pig.Apparently an isolated use.
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yoffc1630
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c1630 Song ii, in D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier (1840) Notes 323 Yoffing, crying, youlling, yelling, Lyk ane citie swyne summonds out with an horne.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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v.c1630- of a muchness
- of a night
- of a person's bone
- of a person's bones
- of a person's cost
- of a person's costs
- of a person's gift
- of a person's grace
- of a person's knowledge
- of a person's mercy
- of a person's part
- of a person's retinue
- of a piece
- of a piece with
- of a plume
- of a rank
- of a rate
- of a ruck
- of a scantling
- of a side
- of a size
- of a sort
- of a specialty
- of a specified motion
- of a sudden