bruff

plural bruffs

1. alternativeAlternative form of brough (“halo around the sun or moon”)

   […] the moon, as the orb shines through the haze, 'A far off bruff Is a storm near enough'[,] that is, when the halo appears in advance of the moon, like a fore-frame. The larger the bruff, the nearer the storm; or, […]

   1901, Eliza Gutch, Examples of Printed Folk-lore Concerning the North Riding of Yorkshire, York and the Ainsty, page 422

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   One of the men thinks we are going to have a storm, and points to the "bruff" round the sun. Sure enough , there is a broken ring of angry ominous-looking clouds encircling the sun; his face appears dimmed, and a sultriness prevails.

   1859, Walter White, Northumberland, and the Border, London : Chapman and Hall, page 361

1. A town in County Limerick, Ireland.

plural Bruffs

1. A surname.