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   Babe Didrikson
         n 1: outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956) [syn:
               {Zaharias}, {Babe Zaharias}, {Didrikson}, {Babe Didrikson},
               {Mildred Ella Didrikson}, {Mildred Ella Didrikson
               Zaharias}]

English Dictionary: buffeted by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baby tooth
n
  1. one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)
    Synonym(s): primary tooth, deciduous tooth, baby tooth, milk tooth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buffeted
adj
  1. pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities [syn: buffeted, storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, tempest- tost, tempest-swept]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Beef-witted \Beef"-wit`ted\, n.
      Stupid; dull. --Shak.

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]:
   Bifidate \Bif"i*date\, a. [L. bifidatus.]
      See {Bifid}.

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.
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