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Definition of Cuffing
1. cuff [v] - See also: cuff
Medical Definition of Cuffing
1. 1. A perivascular accumulation of various leukocytes seen in infectious, inflammatory, or autoimmune diseases. 2. To surround a structure with fluid or cells, as with a cuff; in chest radiography, thickening of bronchial walls on the image. Origin: M.E. Cuffe, mitten (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuffing
Literary usage of Cuffing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1874)
"“Very well,” said Ransford, in a whisper; “don't let cuffing know that it is more
than ten.” “I will be no party to a conspiracy to defraud cuffing out of ..."
2. Individual Training in Our Colleges by Clarence Frank Birdseye (1907)
"4 By the laws of 1734 boxing (cuffing on the ears) by any of the teachers was
... cuffing at The "boxing" of the Harvard rules was called "cuffing" at Yale. ..."
3. Appletons' Journal (1877)
"as to expect actual love for cuffing—with desire for more cuffing—from modern
Prussians any more than from mediaeval French or English. ..."
4. The Pyrenees, West and East by Charles Richard Weld (1859)
"cuffing a Jew. —Museum of Antiquities. — Exquisite Cloisters. A TOURIST proceeding
for the first time from Toulouse to Luchon, would, I apprehend, ..."
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