meaning of buff
1. 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. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
3. A military coat, made of buff leather.
4. The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
5. A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
7. Made of buff leather.
8. Of the color of buff.
9. To polish with a buff. See Buff, n. , 5.
10. To strike.
11. A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindmans buff. 12.">"
12. Firm; sturdy.
Related Words
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