cuff2 (kuf)

[Early mod. E. cuffe, also It. cuffia = F. coiffe, etc., a cap, coif: see coif. ] 11. A glove; a mitten. He caste on his clothes i-clouted and i-hole, His cokeres and his coff us for colde of his nayles. Piers Plowman (A), vii. 56. Cuffe , glove or metyne [var. mitten], mitt a, ciroteca. Prompt . Parv ., p. 106. 2. (a) A distinct terminal part of a sleeve at the wrist, intended for embellishment. The cuff was made originally by turning back the sleeve itself and showing either the same material as that of the sleeve or a different material used as a lining. In the fifteenth century a prominent part of the dre was the large cuff, which could be turned down so as to cover the hand to the finger-tips, and when turned back reached nearly to the elbow. In modern times the coat-sleeve has been sometimes made with a cuff which can be turned down over the hand, though not intended to be so used, and sometimes with a semblance of a cuff, indicated by braid and buttons, or by a facing of velvet or other material, or merely by a line or lines of stitching around the sleeve. (b) A band of linen, lace, or the like, taking the place of, and covering a part of the sleeve in the same manner as, the turned-up cuff. In the seventeenth century such cuffs, worn by ladies, were often extremely rich, of expensive lace, and reached nearly to the elbow. Plain linen cuffs were also worn about 1640, and were especially affected by the Puritans in England. When the plain linen wristband worn attached to the shirt by men first came into use, in the early part of the nineteenth century, it was commonly turned back over the sleeve, and was a true cuff. (c) In recent times, a separate band of linen or other material worn about the wrist and appearing below the end of the sleeve. As worn by men, it is buttoned to the wristband of the shirt.-3. That part of a long glove which covers the wrist and forearm, especially when stiff and exhibiting a cylindrical or conical form. The cuffs of the gauntlets. LG. kurrutz = MHG. kürisz, G. küris, küra = ODan. körritz, kyrritz, cul-de-lampe permanently the shape and surface-decoration given it, and can afford considerable resistance to sword-cuts and other violence. It has been much used from the middle ages to the present day for armor, crests, helmets, and ornamental utensils of many kinds. For elaborate work it is now prepared by boiling and then pre ed in molds; for common work it is merely soaked in hot water before pre ing. His jambeux were of quirboily . Chaucer , Sir Thopas. cuirtan (kwėr'tan), n . White twilled cloth made in Scotland from fine wool, for undergarments and hose. Planché. cuishes (kwish'ez), n. pl . [Also cui es ; quischens (for * quisches ) (Wright), cushies (Hall i well), cui aux (Cotgrave), pl. of cui el (= It. cosciale), also cui ere and cui art (> mod. F. cui ard ), also cui ots , pl., armor for the thighs (mod. F. cui ot , a haunch of venison) (= Sp. quijote , formerly quixote (whence the name of the famous Don Quixote :: see quix leather, L. coriaceus, of leather, otic ) = Pg. coxote, armor for the thighs; ML. OF. and F. cuir, leather), skin, hide, leather (for * scorium, cf. scortum, a hide, skin), = Gr. χόριον (for * σκόριον ), a membrane, = OBulg. skora, a hide, = Lith. skurà, skin, hide, leather; prob. from the root of E. shear, q. v. From L. also coriaceous (a doublet of cuira ), and quarry2, game.] 1. A piece of defensive armor covering the body from the neck to the girdle, and combining a breastplate and a backpiece. Such a protection was used among the ancients in various forms, but under different names (see breastplate, thorax ), and is still worn by the heavy cavalry specifical IMG:content-1777.jpg:[blocks in formation] cui ellus, cui er i us, cui etus, after the OF. forms), fastening on the other with hooks, turn-buckles, or the second cut under armor. I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cui es on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 1. IMG:content-1778.png:[graphic] And how came the cuishes to be worse tempered than the rest of his armour, which was all wrought by Vulcan and his journeyman? Dryden, Epic Poetry. Tennyson, Morte d'Arthur. Cuishes to cuishest, in close order in the march of cavalry. Grose. All his greaves and cui es dash'd with drops Of onset. cuisine (kwe-zēn'), n. [F., =Pr. cozina = Sp. co cina = Pg. cozinha = It. cucina, also AS. cycene, E. kitchen ), orig. fem. of coquinus, of or pertaining to cooking, cui hent, n. A Middle English form of cushion. cuitikins, n. pl. See cutikins. cuitle (küt'l), v. t.; pret. and pp. cuitled , ppr. cuitling . [Sc.; also written cuittle , cutle ; prob. = E. kittle , tickle: see kittle , v.] 1. To tickle. And mony a weary cast I made, To cuittle the moor-fowl's tail. Scott , Waverley, xi. ly called cuira iers in the French and other European armies. The cuira seen seems to have been first adopted in England in the reign of Charles I., when the light cavalry were armed with buff coats, having the breast and back covered with steel plates. Subsequently this piece of armor fell into disuse, and was resumed by the English only after the battle of Waterloo, where the charges of the French cuira iers were very effective. 2. Any similar covering, as the protective armor of a ship; specifically, in zool., some hard shell or other covering forming an indurated defensive shield, as the carapace of a beetle or an armadillo, the bony plates of a mailed fish, culch (kulch), n. [E. dial. Cf. cultch.] Rub etc. Double cuira , the usual form of cuira of the 2. To wheedle; cajole; coax. Sir William might just stitch your auld barony to her gown sleeve, and he wad sune cuitle another out o' somebody else. Scott , Bride of Lammer moor, xiv. -cula. See -culus . cuff3 (kuf), п. [Sc., cited by Jamie son from Galt; perhaps for scruff, confused with cuff 2.] The scruff of the neck; the nape.