Buffer head

( Mech.) The head of the buffer of a railway carriage, which receives the force of a concu ion. Buffet, ( buffet,) n. [It. buffet to; O. Fr. buffe, a slap on the cheek. Formed from the sound.] A blow which produces a dull, hollow sound; a thump; a box on the ear; a slap; as, I gave him a good buffet. "Go, baffled coward, lest I run upon thee, And with one buffet lay thy structure low."- Milton . -Violent concu ion, or meeting of force and resistance; as, the buffet of the waves. "Those planks that used... to brave the buffets of the Bay of Biscay." Burke. -A small stool. -v. a. To strike so that the blow produces a dull sound; to thump; to beat; to strike; to box on the ear; to cuff. -To "Our ears are cudgelled; not a word of his But buffets better than a fist of France."-Shaks. of the Woodpecker ( pic us ), are examples of this habit, upon the woodpecker he is quite pathetic, but, as in all such cases, he bestows his pity upon a very unworthy object. He has been charged with infidelity; but this, like some others, is a charge easy to be made and hard to be disproved, though it must be admitted that his works afford ground for it. His son, the Comte Henri de B. , fell under the guillotine at the beginning of the revolution, the name of his illustrious father being unable to save him from the penalty attaching to the no bility at that period.