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Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.

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  1. n. Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
  2. n. A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.
  3. v. i. To be in a pet.
  4. v. t. To deck out; to dress.
  5. n. a quarrel about petty points
  6. 1. Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. "Sipping his tiff of brandy punch." Sir W. Scott. 2. A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift. Thackeray. To be in a pet. She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph. Landor. To deck out; to dress. [Obs.] A. Tucker.
  7. To be in a pet.She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph. Landor.
  8. n:100 n a quarrel about petty points