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Buff

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.

(2):

(v. t.) To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.

(3):

(n.) A military coat, made of buff leather.

(4):

(a.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.

(5):

(n.) The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.

(6):

(a.) Made of buff leather.

(7):

(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.

(8):

(a.) The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.

(9):

(a.) Of the color of buff.

(10):

(n.) A buffet; a blow; - obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."

(11):

(a.) Firm; sturdy.

(12):

(v. t.) To strike.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Buff'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/buff.html. 1828.