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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color="#002060" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060'>One more thing from my contact from
Charleston after he read the Scottish entry further below:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>As I read the entry better,
I’m 100% sure that there is no direct connection between these words. The
“pluff” below refers to a material which has a foamy structure but
is mostly composed of air or liquid, encapsulated by the framework of said material.</span></font><font
size=2 color="#002060" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'> </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Pluff mud is nothing like this at all. It is very dense and not at
all “pluffy” in the sense of the below entry.</span></font><font
size=2 color="#002060" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060'> </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>I really think that the most likely origin of this word is
onomatopoetic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:16
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Lexicog] plough mud<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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':</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color="#6600ff"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#6600FF'>PLUFF</span></font></b></strong>,
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>adv</span></i>., <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>n</span></i>., <i><span style='font-style:italic'>v</span></i>. Also <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>plaff</span></i>; <i><span style='font-style:italic'>pyuff</span></i>;
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>pluiff</span></i> (Watson); <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>plugh-</span></i> (Jam.). <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Cf</span></i>. <a
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><strong><b><font color="#990099" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='color:#990099'>B</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size=2
color="#990099" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#990099'>LUFF</span></font></b></strong></a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color="#6600ff" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#6600FF;font-weight:bold'>I</span></font></b>. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>adv</span></i>. With a puff, whoof! (Sh., Abd., Ags.
1966). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color="#6600ff"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#6600FF'>II</span></font></b></strong>.
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>n</span></i>. <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>1</span></b>. A mild explosion, whiff or puff of air, smoke, gunpowder or
the like (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson <i><span style='font-style:italic'>W.-B.</span></i>;
Sh., ne.Sc., Kcb. 1966); an act of shooting, a shot. Also <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>fig</span></i>. Comb. <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>pluff-grass</span></i>, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>pyuff-girse</span></i>,
the creeping or meadow soft-grass, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Holcus
mollis</span></i> or <i><span style='font-style:italic'>lanatus</span></i>
(Mry. 1839 G. Gordon <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Flora Mry</span></i>.
4; Bnff. 1866 Gregor <i><span style='font-style:italic'>D. Bnff</span></i>.
131; Abd. 1930 <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Buchan Observer</span></i>
(18 Dec.), <i><span style='font-style:italic'>pyuff-</span></i>), from the
lightness and fluffiness of its seeds. Phr. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>to
play pluff</span></i>, to go off with a puff, to explode.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color="#6600ff"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#6600FF'>2</span></font></b></strong>.
Hence applied to anything of a dry, soft, crumbly or spongy texture which
disintegrates easily into dust, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>specif</span></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><span style='font-style:italic'>pea-pluff</span></i>,
pea-flour, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>peasemeal</span></i>, s.v. <a
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><strong><b><font color="#990099" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='color:#990099'>P</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font size=2
color="#990099" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#990099'>EASE</span></font></b></strong></a>; <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>pluff-up</span></i>, = <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>8</span></b>.
(Ags. 1900). <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>There are many more senses and numerous examples, including a
description of the Game of Pluffs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Are there strong Scottish connections in
Charleston?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Richard Gravina</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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