Pronunciation : Buff
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. buff, buffe, buff, buffalo, F. buffle buffalo. See Buffalo.]
Definition : 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 to 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.)
Defn: The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
5. (Mech.)
Defn: 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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Buff
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Buff
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Buff
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See Buffet a blow.]
Definition : Defn: To strike. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Buff
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Buffet.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Buff
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Of uncertain etymol.]
Definition : Defn: Firm; sturdy. And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. Hudibras.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913