Babbitt metal
         n 1: an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for
               bearings that reduces friction [syn: {Babbitt metal},
               {babbitt}]

English Dictionary: buffeting	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
babbitting n lining a surface or bearing with Babbitt metal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beef tenderloin n beef loin muscle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beef tongue n the tongue of a cow eaten as meat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
befitting adj appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
befittingly adv in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed" Synonym(s): appropriately, suitably, fittingly, befittingly, fitly Antonym(s): inappropriately, unsuitably
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buffeting n repeated heavy blows Synonym(s): pounding, buffeting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Babbitt metal \Bab"bitt met`al\ [From the inventor, Isaac       Babbitt of Massachusetts.]       A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts       of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of       antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish       friction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Befitting \Be*fit"ting\, a.       Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Befit \Be*fit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Befitting}.]       To be suitable to; to suit; to become.                   That name best befits thee.                     --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Befittingly \Be*fit"ting*ly\, adv.       In a befitting manner; suitably.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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]:
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.