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buff /ˈbʌf/
淺黃色,淺黃色皮革,人的皮膚(vt.)擦亮,使柔軟(a.)淺黃色的
Buff, a.
1. Made of buff leather.
2. Of the color of buff.
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.
Buff n.
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.”
2. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
A visage rough,
Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff. --Dryden.
3. A military coat, made of buff leather.
4. Med. The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
5. Mech. A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.]
To be in buff is equivalent to being naked. --Wright.
Buff, v. t. to polish with a soft cloth, especially one similar to a {buff5}. See Buff, n., 5.
Buff, n. A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase “Blindman's buff.” See blindman's buff.
Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent
That made him reel. --Spenser.
Buff, a. Firm; sturdy.
And for the good old cause stood buff,
'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. --Hudibras.
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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]