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▪ I. youf, v. Sc.|jaʊf|
Forms: 7 youph, yooff, 8–9 youf, yuff, 9 youff(e, yowf(f.
[Echoic. Cf. yaff.]
intr. To bark, esp. in a suppressed manner.
1682Law Mem. (1818) 224 His dogs..howling, yelling, and youphing. Ibid., Howling and yooffing. a1774Fergusson Poems (1789) II. 6 My colley, Ringie, youf'd an yowl'd a' night. 1789D. Davidson Seasons 41 And, Cerberus, though but just whelped, Did stan' an' yuff. 1826J. Wilson Noctes Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 173 A' the collies began yelpin and youffin. 1842Whistle-Binkie Ser. iii. Last Laird o' the Auld Mint viii, A kind yowffin bark.
So youf int. (also reduplicated) and n.
1842J. Wilson Chr. North I. 18 Youf—youf—youf—go the terriers. 1866Gregor Banffsh. Gloss., Youff, the bark of a dog. Youff conveys the notion of a softer sound than youp.
▪ II. youf(f, youft
variants of yowf, yuft. |
