v. Sc. Forms: 7 youph, yooff, 8–9 youf, yuff, 9 youff(e, yowf(f. [Echoic. Cf. YAFF.] intr. To bark, esp. in a suppressed manner.

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1682.  Law, Mem. (1818), 224. His dogs … howling, yelling, and youphing. Ibid. Howling and yooffing.

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a. 1774.  Fergusson, Poems (1789), II. 6. My colley, Ringie, youf’d an yowl’d a’night.

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1789.  D. Davidson, Seasons, 41. And, Cerberus, though but just whelped, Did stan’ an’ yuff.

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1826.  J. Wilson, Noctes Ambr., Wks. 1855, I. 173. A’ the collies began yelpin and youffin.

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1842.  Whistle-Binkie, Ser. III. Last Laird o’ the Auld Mint, viii. A kind yowffin bark.

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  So Youf int. (also reduplicated) and sb.

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1842.  J. Wilson, Chr. North, I. 18. Youf—youf—youf—go the terriers.

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1866.  Gregor, Banffsh. Gloss., Youff, the bark of a dog. Youff conveys the notion of a softer sound than youp.

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