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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1568-1586, 1700+
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Buffit, Buft, ppl. a. [f. F. bouffé, p.p. of bouffer to puff out.] Puffed. 1568 Edinburgh Testaments I. 182 b.
Ane pair of buft hois 1572 Satirical Poems xxxiii. 369.
Buft brawlit hois, coit, dowblet, sark a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clxxviii. 86.
Thay spred abrod thair buffit hois 1703 Household Bk. Gr. Baillie 173.
A bufft eassi chair
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