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Meaning Of Buff

  1. n.
    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.
  2. n.
    The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
  3. n.
    A military coat, made of buff leather.
  4. n.
    The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
  5. a.
    A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
  6. a.
    The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
  7. a.
    Made of buff leather.
  8. a.
    Of the color of buff.
  9. v. t.
    To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
  10. v. t.
    To strike.
  11. n.
    A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."
  12. a.
    Firm; sturdy.



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