Buffeting

Buffeting
Buffet Buf"fet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buffeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Buffeting}.] [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the preceding noun.] 1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. [1913 Webster]

They spit in his face and buffeted him. --Matt. xxvi. 67. [1913 Webster]

2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows. [1913 Webster]

The sudden hurricane in thunder roars, Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores. --Broome. [1913 Webster]

You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of your own, instead of being buffeted about the world. --W. Black. [1913 Webster]

3. [Cf. {Buffer}.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper. [1913 Webster]


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