Buff

Buff
Buff Buff (b[u^]f), n. [OE. buff, buffe, buff, buffalo, F. buffle buffalo. See {Buffalo}.] 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. ``A suit of buff.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown. [1913 Webster]

A visage rough, Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3. A military coat, made of buff leather. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. (Med.) The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See {Buffy coat}, under {Buffy}, a. [1913 Webster]

5. (Mech.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc. [1913 Webster]

6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

To be in buff is equivalent to being naked. --Wright. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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