From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Buff \Buff\, v. t. [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See {Buffet} a
blow.]
To strike. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buff
adj 1: of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: {fan}, {buff},
{devotee}, {lover}]
2: a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or
oxen
3: bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff"
4: a medium to dark tan color [syn: {yellowish brown}, {raw
sienna}, {buff}, {caramel}, {caramel brown}]
5: an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block;
used for polishing (as in manicuring) [syn: {buff}, {buffer}]
v 1: strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [syn:
{buffet}, {buff}]
2: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
shoes" [syn: {buff}, {burnish}, {furbish}]
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