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(1):

(v. i.) A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.

(2):

(v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.

(3):

(v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

(4):

(v. i.) To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.

(5):

(n.) A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.

(6):

(v. i.) A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity.

(7):

(v. i.) A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.

(8):

(n.) A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

(9):

(v. t.) To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.

(10):

(v. i.) To make one's way by blows or struggling.

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