An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Bofist

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2557680An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — BofistJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ Bofist, masculine, ‘puck-ball,’ Modern High German only, properly ‘knave's fizzling’ (see under Fist); compare Anglo-Saxon wulfes fist, the name of the plant (English bullfist), of which Greek-Latin lycoperdon is a late imitation.

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