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English Dictionary: buff	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for buff
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buff adj of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather n an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff, devotee, lover] a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff" a medium to dark tan color Synonym(s): yellowish brown, raw sienna, buff, caramel, caramel brown an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring) Synonym(s): buff, buffer v strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [syn: buffet, buff] polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" Synonym(s): buff, burnish, furbish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buff \Buff\, a. [Of uncertain etymol.] Firm; sturdy. And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. --Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buff \Buff\, a. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buff \Buff\, v. t. To polish with a buff. See {Buff}, n., 5.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buff \Buff\, v. t. [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See {Buffet} a blow.] To strike. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buff \Buff\ (b[ucr]f), 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. [bd]A suit of buff.[b8] --Shak. 2. The color of 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.) 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. --Wright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buff \Buff\, n. [See {Buffet}.] A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase [bd]Blindman's buff.[b8] Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent That made him reel. --Spenser.