antihuff en · NOUN
Etymology
From anti- + huff. Huffing was cheesemakers' jargon for an unwanted expansion or swelling that rendered cheese unsaleable.
Meanings
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(US, obsolete, uncountable) A substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling.
[in title]
1881, T. D. Curtis, “Skim Milk Cheese and "Anti-Huff"”, in Sixteenth Annual Report of the American Dairymen's Association, page 7: