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| 3 results for buffeting | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Buffeting \Buf"fet*ing\, n. 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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Buffet \Buf"fet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buffeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Buffeting}.] [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the preceding noun.] 1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. They spit in his face and buffeted him. --Matt. xxvi. 67. 2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows. The sudden hurricane in thunder roars, Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores. --Broome. You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of your own, instead of being buffeted about the world. --W. Black. 3. [Cf. {Buffer}.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper. | |
