2. Verb. (third-person singular of muff) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Muffs
1. muff [v] - See also: muff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muffs
Literary usage of Muffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. England in the Days of Old by William Andrews (1897)
"A few years later in the wardrobe accounts of Prince Henry of Wales, a charge is
made for embroidering two muffs. The entries occur in 1608 ..."
2. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"CHAPTER XVII TWO MASCULINE VANITIES muffs AND EAR-RINGS " Any Man that took up
a Man's Muff dropi on the Lord's Day between the Old Meeting House and the ..."
3. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"... blacking—Handkerchiefs—muffs—Swords—Walking sticks—Watches—Over coats— Night
caps—Night gowns. WE have seen the birth, marriage, and funeral of these ..."
4. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Buffalo, for Sleigh Coverings, Open Carriages, and for North American and Hudson's
Bay Mink ; as used for muffs, Tippets, Cuffs, fcc. 10. ..."
5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"muffs und sable tippets will be plenty in Long-lane, where you may have as great
choice in every brokers shop, as you may of cracks in the ..."
6. Milledulcia: A Thousand Pleasant Things. Selected from Notes and Queries by Robert Conger Pell (1857)
"muffs worn i)y Gentlemen. ... is the following passage :— I should not be surprised
if those delicate young soldiers were to introduce muffs ; they were in ..."
7. Our Arctic Province: Alaska and the Seal Islands by Henry Wood Elliott (1886)
"How the Skins are Prepared for Sacks, muffs, etc. " The web-footed seals forsake
the stormy swell, And, sleeping in herds, exhale nauseous smell. ..."
8. England in the Days of Old by William Andrews (1897)
"A few years later in the wardrobe accounts of Prince Henry of Wales, a charge is
made for embroidering two muffs. The entries occur in 1608 ..."
9. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"CHAPTER XVII TWO MASCULINE VANITIES muffs AND EAR-RINGS " Any Man that took up
a Man's Muff dropi on the Lord's Day between the Old Meeting House and the ..."
10. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"... blacking—Handkerchiefs—muffs—Swords—Walking sticks—Watches—Over coats— Night
caps—Night gowns. WE have seen the birth, marriage, and funeral of these ..."
11. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Buffalo, for Sleigh Coverings, Open Carriages, and for North American and Hudson's
Bay Mink ; as used for muffs, Tippets, Cuffs, fcc. 10. ..."
12. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"muffs und sable tippets will be plenty in Long-lane, where you may have as great
choice in every brokers shop, as you may of cracks in the ..."
13. Milledulcia: A Thousand Pleasant Things. Selected from Notes and Queries by Robert Conger Pell (1857)
"muffs worn i)y Gentlemen. ... is the following passage :— I should not be surprised
if those delicate young soldiers were to introduce muffs ; they were in ..."
14. Our Arctic Province: Alaska and the Seal Islands by Henry Wood Elliott (1886)
"How the Skins are Prepared for Sacks, muffs, etc. " The web-footed seals forsake
the stormy swell, And, sleeping in herds, exhale nauseous smell. ..."
Other Resources:
