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