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ˈmullipuff Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 7 mully-puffe, mullipuff(e, 8 mollipuff, 9 mully-puff (E.D.D.).
[f. mully a. + puff n.]
1. = fuzz-ball; hence, as a term of contempt.
1629Shirley Wedding iv. H 4 b, Thou mully-puffe, were it not iustice to kicke thy guts out. 1674J. Josselyn Voy. New Eng. 81 Fuss-balls, Mullipuffes called by the Fishermen Wolves-farts, are to be found plentifully. 1705Dale Pharmacol. Suppl. 42 Crepitus Lupi... Lycoperdon vulgare... Puff-Balls, Bull-fists, Mollipuffs.
†2. Surg. A styptic used instead of fuzz-ball.
1658A. Fox Würtz' Surg. ii. viii. 74 The next day..I found the lint mullipuff stick close to the wound. |