v. Obs. [perh. a. Du. and LG. blaffen, an imitative word (cf. BAFF v.): cf. also ME. wlaffen in same sense.] To bark (as a dog).

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1699.  Capt. Cowley, Voy (1729), 6. Seals, which would rise out of the water, and blaff like a dog.

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