Jack. - Horntip

Muffing. 379 Mufti:
1823. BEE, Diet. Turf, S.V. MUFFIN-
FACED-one who has large protruding
muscles on his phiz, which is pale withal,
is a MUFFIN-FACED son of a-;' mostly
cooks, idle gourmands, &c. who delight
in fat, soups, and slip-slops, evolve
mutton-faces.
MUFFING, adj. (common).-Bungling;
clumsy.
1851-61. H. MAYHEW, London Lab.,
iii. 62. You can pick out a good many
Punch performers, without getting one
so well versed as I am in it ; they in
general makes such a MUFFING concern
of it.'
MUFFIN-WORRY, subs. (COTrimon).-
A tea-party.
1864. Derby Day, p. 16. There
are men who do not disdain MUFFIN..
WORRIES and crumpet-scrambles.
M UFFLE, subs. (pugilistic).-I. A
boxing-glove. Also MUFFLER.
1755. Connoisseur, No. 52. He
has the shape and constitution of a porter,
and is sturdy enough to encounter Broughton
without MUFFLERS.
1811. MOORE, Tom Crib, xix. Chap.
7. . . . shows that the Greeks, for mere
exercise of sparring, made use of MUFFLES
or gloves.
1819. BYRON, Don Yuan, ii. 92.
For sometimes we must box without
the MUFFLE.
1823. BEE, Dict.Turf,s.v. MUFFLERS
-gloves with wool stuffed upon the
knuckles, for boxers to spar withal, and
not hurt each other too much ; claret
comes sometimes.
1827. REYNOLDS, The Fancy,
Stanzas to Kate.' Forgive me-and
MUFFLERS I'll carefully pull O'er my
knuckles hereafter.
1859. MATSELL, Vocabulum, s.v.
1891. Licensed Victuallers' Mirror,
30 Jan. p. 7, c. There were few, if any,
men of about his height and weight who
could stand before him with the MUFFLERS.
2. (pugilistic).-A stunning
blow.
3. (thieves').-A crape mask :
once a kind of vizard or veil
worn by women (STow, 1539).
1838. GLASCOCK, Land Sharks and
Sea Gulls, ii. 126. The dark lanterns
-the MUFFLERS-and the jemmy.
M U FFLI NG-CH EAT, subs. (old).-See
quots.
1573. HARMAN, Caveat (1814), p.
65, s.v. A MOFLING CHETE, a napkin.
1777. BAILEY, Eng. Diet., s.v.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, S.V.
MUFFLING CHEAT. . . . a towel.
MUFTI, subs. (military colloquial).-
See quots. 1834 and 1836. Fr.
en pain.
1834. MARRYAT, Peter Simple,
xxxi. The governor's aide-de-camps, all
dressed in MUFTI (i.e., plain clothes).
1836. M. SCOTT, Torn Cringle's
Log, ii. The company was composed
chiefly of naval and military men, but
there was also a sprinkling of civilians,
or muFTEEs, to use a West India expression.
1851. THACKERAY, Newcomes, VII.
He has no MUFTI-coat, except one sent
him out by Messrs. Stulty, to India in
the year 1821.
1857. A. TROLLOPE, Three Clerks,
xxxviii. He was dogged at the distance
of some thirty yards by an amiable policeman
in MUFTI.
1865. A Son of the Soil, in Macmillan's
Mag-., March, p.389. He had
still a stolen inclination for MUFTI and wore
his uniform only when a solemn occasion
occurred like this, and on grand'parade.
1876. GRANT, One of Six Hundred,
i. I relinquished my gay lancertrappings,
and resumed the less pretentious
MUFTI of the civilian.
1884. Notes and Queries, 6 S.
Ix. 398. MUFTI . . . the well-known
title of a Mahommedan high-priest . . .
officers in India, on returning from their
duties . . . don pyjamas and loose white
jackets, and when so arrayed bear a
resemblance to the white-robedpriests
of Islam.
1888. Atheneum, 27 Oct., p. 554,
col. 3. An elderly gentleman in MUFTI.