Definition of huff

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Huff (v. i.) To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.

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Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..
Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny..
Whist :: Whist (n.) A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed..
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3..
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. t.) To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement..
Tergiversate :: Tergiversate (v. i.) To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
Shuffling :: Shuffling (v.) In a shuffling manner.
Shuffleboard :: Shuffleboard (n.) See Shovelboard.
Huffcap :: Huffcap (a.) Blustering; swaggering.
Shuffling :: Shuffling (a.) Moving with a dragging, scraping step..
Shuffling :: Shuffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shuffl.
Scuff :: Scuff (v. i.) To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. t.) To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand..
Shaffle :: Shaffle (v. i.) To hobble or limp; to shuffle.
Huffing :: Huffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Huf.
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (n.) A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
Chuff :: Chuff (a.) Stupid; churlish.
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