antihuff

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

anti- +‎ huff. Huffing was cheesemakers' jargon for an unwanted expansion or swelling that rendered cheese unsaleable.

Noun[edit]

antihuff (uncountable)

  1. (US, obsolete) A substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling. [from 1881]
    • 1881, T. D. Curtis, “Skim Milk Cheese and "Anti-Huff"”, in Sixteenth Annual Report of the American Dairymen's Association, page 7:
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