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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Following up on the Scottish angle, the Dictionar o
the Scots Leid (<A
href="http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/">http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/</A>), gives the
following for 'pluff':</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#6600ff>PLUFF</MATCH></FONT></STRONG>, <I>adv</I>.,
<I>n</I>., <I>v</I>. Also <I>plaff</I>; <I>pyuff</I>; <I>pluiff</I> (Watson);
<I>plugh-</I> (Jam.). <I>Cf</I>. <A
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href="http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/snda4frames.php?xref=yes&searchtype=full&dregion=form&dtext=all&sset=1&fset=20&query=Bluff"
target=textwindow><SMALL><FONT color=#990099><REF><SC><STRONG><FONT
size=3>B</FONT><SMALL><FONT
size=2>LUFF</FONT></SMALL></SC></REF></STRONG></FONT></SMALL></A>.</SENSE>
<SENSE> </DIV>
<DIV><B><FONT color=#6600ff>I</FONT></B>. <I>adv</I>. With a puff, whoof! (Sh.,
Abd., Ags. 1966). </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#6600ff>II</FONT></STRONG>. <I>n</I>. <B>1</B>. A mild
explosion, whiff or puff of air, smoke, gunpowder or the like (Sc. 1825 Jam.;
Rxb. 1923 Watson <I>W.-B.</I>; Sh., ne.Sc., Kcb. 1966); an act of shooting, a
shot. Also <I>fig</I>. Comb. <I>pluff-grass</I>, <I>pyuff-girse</I>, the
creeping or meadow soft-grass, <I>Holcus mollis</I> or <I>lanatus</I> (Mry. 1839
G. Gordon <I>Flora Mry</I>. 4; Bnff. 1866 Gregor <I>D. Bnff</I>. 131; Abd. 1930
<I>Buchan Observer</I> (18 Dec.), <I>pyuff-</I>), from the lightness and
fluffiness of its seeds. Phr. <I>to play pluff</I>, to go off with a puff, to
explode.</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#6600ff>2</FONT></STRONG>. Hence applied to anything of
a dry, soft, crumbly or spongy texture which disintegrates easily into dust,
<I>specif</I>. a rotten mushroom (Sc. 1825 Jam.), a pear or the like which looks
edible but is rotten inside (Rxb. 1825 Jam.); a seed-pod with a cluster of small
woolly seeds like that of a dandelion (Sh. 1966). Combs. <I>pea-pluff</I>,
pea-flour, <I>peasemeal</I>, s.v. <A
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href="http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/snda4frames.php?xref=yes&searchtype=full&dregion=form&dtext=all&sset=1&fset=20&query=Pease"
target=textwindow><SMALL><FONT color=#990099><REF><SC><STRONG><FONT
size=3>P</FONT><SMALL><FONT
size=2>EASE</FONT></SMALL></SC></REF></STRONG></FONT></SMALL></A>;
<I>pluff-up</I>, = <B>8</B>. (Ags.
1900).</SENSE> <BR><SENSE> </DIV>
<DIV>There are many more senses and numerous examples, including a description
of the Game of Pluffs.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Note that the spelling plugh- is also given. The
relationship with plough mud could be that the mud has texture like a rotten
pear (I've never been to Charleston so I can't comment!) or possibly the gaseous
emissions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Are there strong Scottish connections in
Charleston?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Richard Gravina</FONT></DIV>
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