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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HUFF, v., n., int. Sc. usages:

I. v. 1. To swell, puff up (Sh., Ags. 1957). Obs. exc. dial. in Eng.Wgt. 1880 G. Fraser Lowland Lore 159:
As huff'd as a peat.Sh. 1897 Shetland News (28 Aug.):
Shü's gotten a sair brüse i' da open o' her head, an' hit's blue an' huff'd up.Sh. 1900 Ib. (24 March):
Da bakers hae some shilpit thing 'at dey pit i' da flooer ta mak' hit huff up, an' be white.

2. To disappoint, to lead astray, humbug (Fif. 1825 Jam.).

†II. n. 1. A humbug, disappointment (Fif. 1825 Jam.).

2. Haste, hurry.Sh. 1897 Shetland News (16 Oct.):
What's da raison 'at da folk is in sic a huff to get da tatties oot o' da grund?

III. int. Of a sudden flying movement: puff!Ayr. a.1878 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage (1892) 325:
Whan, huff! aff she's flying, Flaff, like a flee.