vbl. sb. [f. TIFF v.1 + -ING1.] The action of TIFF v.1; decking or tricking out, personal adornment.
a. 1225. Ancr. R. 420 (MS. C.). Wrihen ha schal hire scheome, as sunfule Eue dohter:… & naut drah ꝥ wriheles to tiffung & te prude.
1303. R. Brunne, Handl. Synne, 3243. Moche she loued feyre tyfyng On here hede.
1635. Cranley, Amanda, 33. Thus with thy tiffing, trimming, and thy mending, Thou spend’st whole houres together without ending.
1741. Mrs. Delany, in Life & Corr. (1861), II. 168. Now for curling, tiffing, &c., &c., &c., &c. Our Duchess will be almost as fine as the Nabob’s lady, and infinitely more valuable.
