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Buffeting
Pronunciation : Buf"fet*ing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A striking with the hand.
2. A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity. He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but . . . fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest storm. Wirt.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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