Buff
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Buff
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1 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.
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2 n.
The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
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3 n.
A military coat, made of buff leather.
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4 n.
The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
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5 a.
A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
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6 a.
The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
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7 a.
Made of buff leather.
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8 a.
Of the color of buff.
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9 v. t.
To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
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10 v. t.
To strike.
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11 n.
A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."
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12 a.
Firm; sturdy.
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13 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.
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14 n.
The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
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15 n.
A military coat, made of buff leather.
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16 n.
The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
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17 a.
A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
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18 a.
The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
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19 a.
Made of buff leather.
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20 a.
Of the color of buff.
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21 v. t.
To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
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22 v. t.
To strike.
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23 n.
A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."
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24 a.
Firm; sturdy.