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BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad)

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 92 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BLA-BOS
BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad) , an
adjective
  used of a ship, meaning broad and nearly
vertical
  in the bows; similarly, of a cliff or shore, presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front; of a person,
good
 -natured and frank, with a rough or abrupt manner. Another word "bluff," perhaps connected with
German
  verbliiffen, to baffle, meant originally a
horse
 's blinker, the corresponding verb meaning to blindfold: it survives
as a
term
  in such
games
  as poker, where " to bluff " means to bet heavily on a hand so as to make an opponent believe it to be stronger than it is; hence such phrases as " the
game
  of bluff," " a policy of bluff."


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