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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Buff \Buff\, v. t. To polish with a buff. See {Buff}, n., 5. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Buff \Buff\, v. t. [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See {Buffet} a blow.] To strike. [Obs.] --B. Jonson From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Buff \Buff\, n. [See {Buffet}.] A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase ``Blindman's buff.'' Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent That made him reel. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Buff \Buff\, a. [Of uncertain etymol.] Firm; sturdy. And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. --Hudibras. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: buff adj : of the color of buff leather n 1: an ardent follower [syn: {fan}, {devotee}, {lover}, {afficionado}] 2: a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen 3: informal; "in the raw" or "in his birthday suit" [syn: {raw}, {altogether}, {birthday suit}] 4: bare skin; "in the buff" 5: a medium to dark tan color [syn: {yellowish brown}, {raw sienna}] v 1: strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [syn: {buffet}] 2: as of wooden floors, for example [syn: {burnish}, {furbish}, {flush}]
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