What is to blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at. It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation. South called?
puff — To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at. It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation. South. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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