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striffen Sc., Ulster, and U.S. local.|ˈstrɪfən|
Also 9 striffion, striffan, -in, etc. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).
[Of obscure origin.]
A thin membranous film; a thin skin or membrane.
a1612Lowe Chirurg. (1634) 142 The fourth [membrane] is called Arnoides, it is very white and delicate, like unto the thinne striffen of an ynzoin or Spiders webbe. 1802M. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. (1888) II. 71 A pie called macaroni, which appeared to be a rich crust filled with the striffions [printed strillions] of onions. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 397 Low poor fallow now ye be, Wi' striffan white drawn owre thy e'e. 1836Shetld. Jrnl. in Chamb. Edin. Jrnl. 31 Dec. 388/2 The interior membrane, or, to speak in our own dialect, the black striffin, left in the lugs of the fish. |