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noun Buff n. 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." 2.The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown. "A visage rough, Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff." 3.A military coat, made of buff leather. 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."
Buff n. A buffet; a blow; obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff." See blindman's buff. "Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent That made him reel."
adjective Buff adj. 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.) Buff stick (Mech.), a strip of wood covered with buff leather, used in polishing.
Buff adj. Firm; sturdy. "And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff."
verb Buff v. t. To polish with a soft cloth, especially one similar to a buff 5. See Buff, n., 5.
Buff v. t. To strike. (Obs.)
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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