Muff
[mʌf]
Definition
(noun.) a warm tubular covering for the hands.
(verb.) fail to catch, as of a ball.
Inputed by Billy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.
(n.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.
(n.) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
(n.) A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.
(n.) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
(n.) The whitethroat.
(v. t.) To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.
Checker: Sumner
Definition
n. a stupid fellow.—v.t. and v.i. to perform awkwardly spoil: to act clumsily esp. in letting a ball slip out of the hands.
n. a warm soft cover for the hands in winter usually of fur or dressed skins.—n. Muffettee′ a small muff worn over the wrist.
Typed by Carolyn
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of wearing a muff, denotes that you will be well provided for against the vicissitudes of fortune. For a lover to see his sweetheart wearing a muff, denotes that a worthier man will usurp his place in her affections.
Edited by Diana
Examples
- I took up my muff and walked on. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She had on a black velvet polonaise with jet buttons, and a tiny green monkey muff; I never saw her so stylishly dressed, Janey continued. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She pulled a little handkerchief out of her muff and began to sob heavily into it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I can hardly keep my hands warm even in my muff. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She looked down at her muff, and he saw her hands stir in it uneasily. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It is a cold night, and as Fanny is come, there is no necessity---- Here is your muff; don't wake Hortense--come. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She hung her head and continued to clasp and unclasp her hands in her muff. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Checked by Keith