Bif"fin (?), n. [Cf. Beaufin.]
1.
A sort of apple peculiar to Norfolk, Eng.
[Sometimes called
beaufin; but properly
beefin (it is said), from its resemblance to raw beef.]
Wright.
2.
A baked apple pressed down into a flat, round cake; a dried apple.
Dickens.
© Webster 1913.