(n.) 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.
(n.) The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray,
or brown.
(n.) A military coat, made of buff leather.
(n.) The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See
Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
(a.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing
cutlery, spoons, etc.
(a.) The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
(a.) Made of buff leather.
(a.) Of the color of buff.
(v. t.) To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
(v. t.) To strike.
(n.) A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase
"Blindman's buff."
(a.) Firm; sturdy.
