Duff

·noun Dough or paste.

II. Duff ·noun A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag;

— a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff.

III. Duff ·add. ·vt In Australia, to alter the brands on (cattle, horses, ·etc.); to steal (cattle, ·etc.), and alter their brands.

IV. Duff ·add. ·vt To treat or manipulate so as to give a specious appearance to; to Fake; hence, to cheat.

duff
v. to steal cattle by altering thebrands. 1869. E. Carton Booth, `Another England,' p. 138: «He s...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
duff
Pudding or dough. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Duff, Sir Mountstuart E. Grant
(1829-1906) Miscellaneous writer, was M.P. for the Elgin Burghs, and Lieut.-Governor of Madras. He ...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin