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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cuff \Cuff\ (k?f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cuffed} (k[?]ft); p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Cuffing}.] [Cf. Sw. kuffa to knock, push,kufva to
      check, subdue, and E. cow, v. t. ]
      1. To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the
            hand; to slap.
  
                     I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. --Shak.
  
                     They with their quills did all the hurt they could,
                     And cuffed the tender chickens from their food.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. To buffet. [bd]Cuffed by the gale.[b8] --Tennyson.
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