Hypertext Webster Gateway: "huff"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke
with insolence; to hector; to bully.

You must not presume to huff us. --Echard.

3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could
have captured an opposing piece). See {Huff}, v. i., 3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to
storm; to take offense.

THis senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them
huff at the doctrine of repentance. --South.

3. (Draughts) 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own
value or importance.

Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and
contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit.
--South.

{To take huff}, to take offence. --Cowper.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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