Huff

·vi To Enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.

II. Huff ·noun A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.

III. Huff ·noun A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.

IV. Huff ·vt To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). ·see Huff, ·vi, 3.

V. Huff ·vt To Swell; to Enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.

VI. Huff ·vi To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to Storm; to take offense.

VII. Huff ·vt To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to Hector; to Bully.

VIII. Huff ·vi To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so;

— so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.