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