Buff \Buff\, v. t. [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See Buffet a
blow.]
To strike. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Buff \Buff\, n. [See Buffet.]
A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase
"Blindman's buff." See blindman's buff.
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Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent
That made him reel. --Spenser.
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Buff \Buff\, a. [Of uncertain etymol.]
Firm; sturdy.
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And for the good old cause stood buff,
'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. --Hudibras.
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Buff \Buff\, a.
1. Made of buff leather. --Goldsmith.
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2. Of the color of buff.
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Buff coat, a close, military outer garment, with short
sleeves, and laced tightly over the chest, made of buffalo
skin, or other thick and elastic material, worn by
soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering.
Buff jerkin, originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward,
one of cloth of a buff color. [Obs.] --Nares.
Buff stick (Mech.), a strip of wood covered with buff
leather, used in polishing.
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Buff \Buff\, v. t.
to polish with a soft cloth, especially one similar to a
buff[5]. See Buff, n., 5.
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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.
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2. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink,
gray, or brown.
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A visage rough,
Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff. --Dryden.
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3. A military coat, made of buff leather. --Shak.
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4. (Med.) The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy
coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
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5. (Mech.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in
polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
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6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.]
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To be in buff is equivalent to being naked.
--Wright.
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colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled]
Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown; amethyst; auburn,
reddish-brown; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome; blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue; blushful,
blush-colored, rosy; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; canary,
canary-yellow; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; earth-colored,
earthlike; fuscous; green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green; jade, jade-green; khaki; lavender,
lilac; mauve; moss green, mosstone; motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown; sorrel,
brownish-orange; stone, stone-gray; straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; blae
bluish-black or gray-blue); coral; creamy; cress
green, cresson, watercress; hazel; honey,
honey-colored; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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buff
adj : of the color of buff leather
n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, devotee, lover]
2: a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo
or oxen
3: bare skin; "swimming in the buff"
4: a medium to dark tan color [syn: yellowish brown, raw
sienna, caramel, caramel brown]
5: an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block;
used for polishing (as in manicuring) [syn: buffer]
v 1: strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [syn: buffet]
2: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
shoes" [syn: burnish, furbish, flush]
WordNet (r) 2.0
240 Moby Thesaurus words for "buff":
Leatherette, Leatheroid, Maecenas, abettor, adherent, admirer,
advocate, aficionado, amateur, angel, apologist, appendage,
applauder, appreciator, attendant, attender, audience, aureate,
auric, authority, backer, bareness, beige, birthday suit, booster,
buff-yellow, bug, burnish, canary, canary-yellow,
cavaliere servente, champion, citron, citron-yellow, claqueur,
coat, collector, commender, connoisseur, courtier, crank, cream,
creamy, critic, cuticle, dangler, decollete, defender, dependence,
dependent, dermis, devotee, dilettante, disciple, dress, ecdysiast,
ecru, encomiast, encourager, endorser, energumen, enthusiast,
eulogist, eulogizer, expert, exponent, extoller, fallow, fan,
fanatic, fanatico, fancier, favorer, fell, finish, flaxen, fleece,
flesh, flunky, follower, following, freak, frequenter,
friend at court, fur, furbish, furring, gilded, gilt, glance,
glaze, gloss, gold, gold-colored, golden, groupie, gymnosophist,
gymnosophy, habitue, hanger-on, haunter, henchman, hide,
homme de cour, hound, idolater, idolizer, imitation fur,
imitation leather, infatuate, integument, jacket, lauder, leather,
leather paper, leathern, leathery, lemon, lemon-yellow, lover,
lunatic fringe, luster, luteolous, lutescent, mainstay, maintainer,
monomaniac, nakedness, naturism, naturist, not a stitch, nudism,
nudist, nudity, nut, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid,
ochrous, ochry, or, outer layer, outer skin, panegyrist, paranymph,
parasite, partisan, patron, pelt, peltry, plugger, polish, praiser,
primrose, primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, promoter, protagonist,
public, puffer, pundit, pursuer, pursuivant, rawhide, reliance,
rind, rooter, rub, rub up, saffron, saffron-colored,
saffron-yellow, sallow, sand, sand-colored, sandblast, sandpaper,
sandy, satellite, savant, scholar, scour, second, seconder,
sectary, shadow, sheath, shine, sider, skin, skins, sleek, slick,
slick down, smooth, specialist, spectator, sponsor, stalwart,
standby, state of nature, stooge, straw, straw-colored, stripper,
stripteaser, successor, support, supporter, sustainer, sympathizer,
tagtail, tail, technical expert, technician, tegument,
the altogether, the nude, the raw, theatergoer, toplessness, tout,
touter, trainbearer, upholder, vair, varnish, visitor, votary,
ward heeler, wax, well-wisher, worshiper, xanthic, xanthous,
yellow, yellowish, zealot
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