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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Huff \Huff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Huffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Huffing}.] [Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob. of
      imitative origin.]
      1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
            --Grew.
  
      2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke
            with insolence; to hector; to bully.
  
                     You must not presume to huff us.         --Echard.
  
      3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could
            have captured an opposing piece). See {Huff}, v. i., 3.
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