Scoff (?; 115), n. [OE. scof; akin to OFries. schof, OHG. scoph, Icel.
skaup, and perh. to E. shove.] 1. Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive
or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.
Shak.