Buff

buf, n. A sort of leather, from the skin of the to buffalo, also of other animals, dre ed in oil a mil i swollen; tary coat, made of buff-skin the color of, etc. the Bulk, bare skin. (Med.) A grayish, viscid crust observed ma on blood. (Mech.) A wheel covered with buff The leather, for polishing. — a. Made of buff leather appear of the color of, etc., —between light pink and light Ic. yellow. [Contr. of buffalo.] — Buflry, a. Resemalso Buffalo,bling, bufetc.ra-lo,liken.thepi.blood Buf'faloes,called buf'f-loz.L A kind of in Bulge.] wild ox of the eastern continent a buffalo-rebe A applied improperly to the bison. See Bison. [Sp. ure. am, fame, far, pa or opera, fare 6nd, eve, BULK F. buffle, L. bujalus, Gr. boubalos, fr. L. bos, bous, ox.] — Buffalo-chips, pi. The dung— of the bison, as fuel. clover, -gra , Plants of the western — robe, n. The skin of JEB bison, prepared with the on. buffer, n. (Mech.) An Buffalo, to deaden concu ion by moving bodies. buffen, Prov. E. buff, OF. bufer, buffer, to — A foolish fellow good-natured old fellow. buffen, to stammer.] boof-a' or buf'fet, n. A sideboard or closet, plate, china, etc. [F., cupboard.] buffet, n. A blow with the hand cuff vioresistance, as of winds and waves. — v. To beat, slap; to contend against, — v. To play boxing to make one's way by buffeting. [OF. a blow, esp. on the cheek. See Buffer.] — n. One who buffets a boxer. buf 'fq, n. The comic actor in an opera. [It.] — -toon', n. One who amuses by tricks, iokes, pleasantries a mimic mountebank clown. bonffon. buffone, buffa, a trick, jest.]— Buf- -er-T, n. The arts of, etc.; low jests; pranks. Buffoon'ish, a. Like a buffoon. bug, n. An insect of many species esp. a insect which infests beds, etc. — Bug, -bar, Bug'aboo, -a-boo, n. Something a specter hobgoblin. [W. bwg, Ga. ana boc an, Corn, bucca, a specter.] — Bug'gy, -gY, a. with bugs. — Bug'gine , n. bug'ger, n. One guilty of buggery a vile — Bug'gery, n. A crime against nasodomy. [F. bougrerie, heresy, Bulgaria.] bug'gi, n. A light four-wheel vehicle, with without a calash top.