To Huff (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Huff

To reprove, or scold at any one; also to bluster, bounce, ding, or swagger. A captain huff; a noted bully. To stand the huff; to be answerable for the reckoning in a public house.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

To Hue * Hug

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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