a. Sc. and north. dial. [f. FUFF sb. + -Y1.]

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  1.  Light and soft.

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1828.  Carr, Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), 169, s.v. Light, soft, spungy.

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1851.  S. Judd, Margaret, XVII. (1871), 144. She mounted the high, white, fuffy plain [of snow] and went on with a soft, yielding, yet light step, almost as noiseless as if she were walking on clouds.

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1876.  Whitby Gloss., Fuffy, light, soft, and fraught with dust, like a fuzz-ball.

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  2.  ‘Huffy,’ ‘touchy.’

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1858.  M. Porteous, Souter Johnny, 30. Nocht invites Your fuffy bardship, mair nor see His Satellites.

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