cuff (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A blowII. Of a sleeve • cuff (subs.): I. A blow: cŏlăphus, ălăpa (a slap): v. blow. II. Of a sleeve: *extrema manica: v. handcuff.
CUFF Copy link • CUFF 1. s. A blow, pugnus: colaphus (κόλαφος, i. e., blow with the fist in anybody’s face): alapa (with the flat hand). to deal or give anybody a cuff [Vid: To CUFF]: to come to fisticuffs, res venit ad manus: ad manum accedere. The end of a sleeve, (perhaps) limbus. Handcuffs, manica. 2. v. TR., pugnum or colaphum alicui impingere: aliquem pugnis caedere: aliquem colaphis pulsare: pugneo hospitio accipere aliquem (comedy). INTR., pugnis certare or inter se contendere.