BUFF
\bˈʌf], \bˈʌf], \b_ˈʌ_f]\
Definitions of BUFF
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him"
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an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
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a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
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of the color of buff leather
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polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
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an ardent follower and admirer
By Princeton University
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strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him"
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an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
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a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
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of the color of buff leather
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polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
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A military coat, made of buff leather.
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The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
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A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
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The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
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Made of buff leather.
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Of the color of buff.
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To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
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Firm; sturdy.
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A buffet; a blow; - obsolete except in the phrase Blindman's buff.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
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A military coat, made of buff leather.
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The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
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A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
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The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
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Made of buff leather.
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Of the color of buff.
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To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
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Firm; sturdy.
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A buffet; a blow; - obsolete except in the phrase Blindman's buff.
By Noah Webster.
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A thick leather prepared from the skin of the buffalo, ox, etc., dressed with oil; a pale or faded yellowish orange; the bare skin.
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Made of thick oiled leather; of a pale yellow color.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A leather made from the skin of the buffalo: the color of buff, a light yellow:-pl. a regiment so named from their buff-colored facings.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Of buff leather; light yellow. See Buffalo.
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A leather prepared from the skin of the buffalo; the skins of other animals similarly dressed; a military coat made of such leather; the colour of buff, a light yellow; a yellow substance formed on the surface of blood drawn in inflammatory diseases.
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A blow. To stand buff, to face boldly.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A sort of soft leather prepared from the skin of the buffalo; a colour near to yellow; yellow substance on blood in inflammations.
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Of the colour of buff-leather, or made of it.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [French] A leather prepared the skin of the buffalo, oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in oil;—a military coat made of buff-skin or leather;—a colour between light pink and light yellow;—a grayish viscid coat or crust on diseased blood;—the bare skin.
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