buffiet

Same as buff4. Florio. buffint (buf'in), a. and n. [Early mod. E., appar. for * buffen, IMG:content-2697.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2698.png:[blocks in formation] with pale buff, as in the case of buff - laced Polish fowls, or of birds of which the color is pale bufflel (buf'l), n. [F. buffle, a buffalo.] 1. A buffalo.-2. A duck, Bucephala albeola, abun buff, each feather being laced with dark buff. dant in North America. It has a short blue bill and a head the apparent size of which is greatly increased by Buffle ( Bucephala albeola). the fullne of its feathers. The male is chiefly black above and white below, the head being iridescent-black with a large white occipital space. Also called buffle -head, buffle - duck, buffle - headed duck, spirit - duck, dipper, and but terball. Also spelled buffel. buffle2 (buf'l), v. [Freq. of buff2, stammer: see buff2.] I. in trans. 1. To speak thickly or inarticulately. [Prov. Eng.]-2t. To be puz zled; be at a lo . Swift. II. trans. To handle clumsily. buff-leather (buf'le"THėr), n. Same as buff 1, 2. buffle-duck (buf'l-duk), n. Same as bufflel , 2. buffle-head (buf'l-hed), n. 14. One who has a large or stupid head, like a buffalo's. What makes you stare so, buffle -head? Plautus (trans.), 1694. 2. Same as bufflel, 2. buffle-headedt (buf'l-hed"ed), a. Having a large head, like a buffalo's; dull; lull; stupid; foolish. Gayton, Notes on Don Quixote, III. 3. buffle-horn (buf'l-hôrn), n. The common name in South Africa of the Burchellia Capensis, on account of the hardne and toughne of the wood.. It is a rubiaceous shrub, with handsome flowers, sometimes cultivated in hothouses.