BUFF
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Buff (bŭf), 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.
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2. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
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A visage rough,
Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff.
Dryden.
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3. A military coat, made of buff leather. Shak.
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4. (Med.) The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
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5. (Mech.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
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6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.]
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To be in buff is equivalent to being naked.
Wright.
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Buff, a. 1. Made of buff leather. Goldsmith.
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2. Of the color of buff.
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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.
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Buff, v. t. to polish with a soft cloth, especially one similar to a buff{5}. See Buff, n., 5.
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Buff, v. t. [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See Buffet a blow.] To strike. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Buff, n. [See Buffet.] A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase “Blindman's buff.” See blindman's buff.
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Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent
That made him reel.
Spenser.
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Buff, a. [Of uncertain etymol.] Firm; sturdy.
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And for the good old cause stood buff,
'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff.
Hudibras.
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