What is "to take huff"

Huff \Huff\, n.

1. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. ``Left the place in a huff.''
   --W. Irving.

2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.

   Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit.
   --South.

   To take huff, to take offence.
   --Cowper.