See Also: chuff(1)(dictionary)
chuff(2)(dictionary)
chuff(3)(dictionary)
chuff(4)(dictionary)
loin(medicine)
Loin(recipes)
loin(dictionary)
loin(dictionary)
Wok-Roasted Pork Loin(recipes)
Loin of pork with rhubarb sauce(recipes)

chuff(2) (iou) and loin (iou)


chuff(2) (iou)



chuff noun2 & adjective2. Now dial. M16.
[Origin unkn.]
A. noun.
A chubby cheek. Only in M16.
An animal's muzzle. Only in E17.
b. adjective.
Chubby, fat. M16.
Pleased, happy. M19.
chuffy adjective2 plump-cheeked, chubby E17.

loin (iou)



loin noun. ME.
[Old French loigne eastern var. of longe (mod. = loin of veal) from Proto-Romance, from Latin lumbus loin.]
sing. & (usu.) in pl. The part or parts of a human being or quadruped situated on both sides of the vertebral column, between the ribs and the pelvis (biblical & arch. as the part of the body that should be covered by clothing or as the seat of physical strength and of reproductive power). Also, a joint of meat which includes the vertebrae of the loins.
gird one's loins, gird up one's loins: see GIRD verb1.
Day Lewis His satisfaction at inheriting blood which had not passed through any huckster's loin. M. Amis His loins were rich in sons.
Comb.: loincloth a cloth worn round the loins, esp. as the sole garment.
loined adjective having loins (of a specified kind) M19.