Buff \Buff\, a.
1. Made of buff leather. --Goldsmith.
2. Of the color of buff.
Buff coat, a close, military outer garment, with short
sleeves, and laced tightly over the chest, made of buffalo
skin, or other thick and elastic material, worn by
soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering.
Buff jerkin, originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward,
one of cloth of a buff color. [Obs.]
--Nares.
Buff stick (Mech.), a strip of wood covered with buff
leather, used in polishing.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Buff \Buff\ (b[u^]f), n. [OE. buff, buffe, buff, buffalo, F.
buffle buffalo. See Buffalo.]
1. A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo,
dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen,
elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner. ``A suit
of buff.'' --Shak.
2. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink,
gray, or brown.
A visage rough, Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of
buff. --Dryden.
3. A military coat, made of buff leather. --Shak.
4. (Med.) The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy
coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
5. (Mech.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in
polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.]
To be in buff is equivalent to being naked.
--Wright.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Buff \Buff\, a. [Of uncertain etymol.]
Firm; sturdy.
And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a
bitter kick and cuff. --Hudibras.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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