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uffi tuffi

uffi tuffi [Ar. uff, tuff = dirt under the nails (also as exclamation of disgust)], (alch., s. dub.). ait ‥ Oziambe “quibus nominibus potest hec res ‥ appellari?” at ille dicit “‥ †vulphi [rec. 1 24: uffi et †tussi] ‥” et postea fit ejus odor suavis Rob. Angl. (I) Alch. 515a.

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