tufflev.
/ˈtʌf(ə)l/ dialect.
1. transitive. To put into disorder, ruffle, rumple; to entangle, ravel; = tiffle v.2
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] > ruffle or disorder
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1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 431 [Gloucestershire] To Tiffle, vel Tuffle, corrugare, to ruffle or rumple, implicare, To ravel or rivel, to intangle and disorder.
1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 67 An' what has tuffled yere gowden locks..?
2. To bind up (flax) in loose sheaves.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest (a crop) [verb (transitive)] > make into sheaves or bundles
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1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 164 (Flax cultivation) Tuffle it; that is making it in a loose sheaf, open at bottom.
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