daff (2 “daff'd the world aside” 1H4 IV. i. 96 has been much imitated by modern writers)
1.
to put off
(clothes, armour)
Ant. IV. iv. 13
“till we do please To
daff't for our repose,”
Compl. 297
“my white stole . . . I
daff'”
2.
to put, turn, or
thrust aside Ado II. iii.
187,
V. i. 78
“Canst thou so
me?,”
Pilgr. xiv. 3
[183] “daff'd me to a cabin.”
3.
to put off with an
excuse Oth. IV. ii. 176 (F1
“dafts,” Qq “dofftst”).
