noun. A soft, thick, undyed leather made chiefly from the skins of buffalo, elk, or oxen.

noun. A military uniform coat made of such leather.

noun. A pale, light, or moderate yellowish pink to yellow, including moderate orange-yellow to light yellowish brown.

noun. A piece of soft material, such as velvet or leather, often mounted on a block and used for polishing.

adjective. Made or formed of buff.

adjective. Of the color buff.

adjective. Having good muscle tone; physically fit and trim.

transitive verb. To polish or shine with a piece of soft material.

transitive verb. To soften the surface of (leather) by raising a nap.

transitive verb. To make the color of buff.

idiom. (in the buff) Naked.

noun. One who is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a subject.

To polish with a buff-wheel or buff-stick.

To stammer.

To emit a dull sound.

noun. In old armor, the chin-piece of the burgonet, corresponding to the aventaile, and pierced with holes to allow breathing.

noun. A dull fellow; a drone.

noun. Nonsense; trivial or idle talk: as, that is all buff.

To strike; buffet.

To resist; deaden, as a buffer.

noun. A bough.

noun. Ä blow; a slap; a box; a stroke; a buffet.

In leather manufacturing, to grind or shave with a buff-wheel.

noun. A buffalo.

noun. A kind of thick leather, originally and properly made of the skin of the buffalo, but now also of the skins of other animals, as elks, oxen, etc.

noun. A buff-coat (which see).

noun. The color of buff-leather; a yellow color deficient in luminosity and in chroma.

noun. plural The third regiment of the line in the British army: so called from the color of the facings of their uniform.

noun. In medicine, the buffy coat. See buffy.

noun. A buff-stick; a buff-wheel.

noun. The bare skin: as, to strip to the buff.

Made of buff-leather.

Of the color of buff-leather; brownish-yellow.

noun. A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase “Blindman's buff.” See blindman's buff.

adjective. Firm; sturdy.

noun. 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.

noun. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.

noun. A military coat, made of buff leather.

noun. The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.

noun. A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.

noun. The bare skin.

transitive verb. to polish with a soft cloth, especially one similar to a buff{5}. See buff, n., 5.

transitive verb. To strike.

adjective. Made of buff leather.

adjective. Of the color of buff.

adjective. 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.

adjective. originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward, one of cloth of a buff color.

adjective. a strip of wood covered with buff leather, used in polishing.

noun. Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.

noun. A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.

"The next thing was to set the village tailor at work upon a coat of that thick strong leather, dressed soft and pliant, which they called buff, to wear under his armour."

debuff  

Colours  buff cochin  in buff  iron buff  to stand buff  

chromatic  

buff up  buff wheel  buff-tip moth  buffly  in the buff  

cutis  hit  implement  leather  polish  

Slough  bluff  bruff  cuff  duff  

brocaded  buckskin  corduroy  flannel  khaki  

Leatherette  Leatheroid  Maecenas  abettor  adherent  

blindman's buff  buffy  buff{5}