v. Sc. rare. [onomatopœic] trans. To throw into disorder; to jerk about; to hustle, treat with contumely. Hence Fuffled ppl. a. Also Fuffle sb., violent exertion, fuss.
1536. Lyndesay, Answ. Kingis Flyting, 54. That feynd, with fuffilling of hir roistit hoch, Caist doun the fat.
1635. D. Dickson, Pract. Writ. (1845), I. 177. Thou must be content instead of favour to be fuffled.
1801. Hogg, Sc. Pastorals, 14. When muckle Pate, wi’ desp’rate fuffle, Had at Poltowa won the scuffle.
1819. W. Tennant, Papistry Storm’d (1827), 66. He saw the Vicar … In fuffel’d garb, and plicht ungainly.
