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To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air. |
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To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke
with insolence; to hector; to bully. |
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To remove from the board (the piece which could have
captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3. |
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To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs. |
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To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to
storm; to take offense. |
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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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A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment
and petulance or anger; a rage. |
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A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value
or importance. |
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