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a. [ F. affable, L. affabilis, fr. affari to speak to; ad + fari to speak. See Fable. ] 1. Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable. [ 1913 Webster ]

An affable and courteous gentleman. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His manners polite and affable. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gracious; mild; benign. [ 1913 Webster ]

A serene and affable countenance. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Courteous; civil; complaisant; accessible; mild; benign; condescending. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Affability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an affable manner; courteously. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. affaber workmanlike; ad + faber. ] Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. afere, affere, OF. afaire, F. affaire, fr. a faire to do; L.. ad + facere to do. See Fact, and cf. Ado. ] 1. That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. “At the head of affairs.” Junius. “A talent for affairs.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Action; endeavor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And with his best affair
Obeyed the pleasure of the Sun. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A material object (vaguely designated). [ 1913 Webster ]

A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and faded. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ F. affamer, fr. L. ad + fames hunger. See Famish. ] To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Starvation. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ad + fatuus foolish. ] To infatuate. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. being puffed out; -- used mostly of hair style, and sometimes clothing; as, a bouffant hairdo; a bouffant skirt.
Syn. -- puffy. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. fem. (Mus.) [ It. See Buffoon. ] The comic actress in an opera. -- a. Comic, farcical. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aria buffa, a droll or comic air. --
Opera buffa, a comic opera. See Opera bouffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Buffaloes [ Sp. bufalo (cf. It. bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr. Gr. &unr_; buffalo, prob. fr. &unr_; ox. See Cow the animal, and cf. Buff the color, and Bubale. ] 1. (Zool.) A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (Bubalus bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It is larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A very large and savage species of the same genus (Syncerus Caffer syn. Bubalus Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Any species of wild ox. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The bison of North America. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A buffalo robe. See Buffalo robe, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Zool.) The buffalo fish. See Buffalofish, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

Buffalo berry (Bot.), a shrub of the Upper Missouri (Sherherdia argentea) with acid edible red berries. --
Buffalo bird (Zool.), an African bird of the genus Buphaga, of two species. These birds perch upon buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites. --
Buffalo bug, the carpet beetle. See under Carpet. --
Buffalo chips, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for fuel. [ U.S. ] --
Buffalo clover (Bot.), a kind of clover (Trifolium reflexum and Trifoliumsoloniferum) found in the ancient grazing grounds of the American bison. --
Buffalo cod (Zool.), a large, edible, marine fish (Ophiodon elongatus) of the northern Pacific coast; -- called also blue cod, and cultus cod. --
Buffalo fly, or
Buffalo gnat (Zool.), a small dipterous insect of the genus Simulium, allied to the black fly of the North. It is often extremely abundant in the lower part of the Mississippi valley and does great injury to domestic animals, often killing large numbers of cattle and horses. In Europe the Columbatz fly is a species with similar habits. --
Buffalo grass (Bot.), a species of short, sweet grass (Buchloë dactyloides), from two to four inches high, covering the prairies on which the buffaloes, or bisons, feed. [ U.S. ] --
Buffalo nut (Bot.), the oily and drupelike fruit of an American shrub (Pyrularia oleifera); also, the shrub itself; oilnut. --
Buffalo robe, the skin of the bison of North America, prepared with the hair on; -- much used as a lap robe in sleighs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) 1. any of several large carplike North American fish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Zool.) Any of several large fresh-water fishes of the family Catostomidæ (also called suckers see Sucker family), of the Mississippi valley. The red-mouthed or brown (Ictiobus bubalus), the big-mouthed buffalofish (Ictiobus cyrinellus, formerly called Bubalichthys urus), the black buffalofish (Ictiobus niger), and the small-mouthed buffalofish (Ictiobus bubalus, formerly called Bubalichthys altus), are among the more important species used as food. [ PJC ]

A United States five-cent coin minted from 1913 to 1937 having an image of an American bison (“buffalo”) on its reverse, and an American Indian on the obverse. [ PJC ]

A black soldier of the United States army who served in the American west in the late 1800's, often as an indian fighter, and usually as part of an all-black troop; -- the name was given by the indians due to their their kinky hair, and the name was believed also to be a compliment on their courage. [ PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Chargés d'affaires. [ F., “charged with affairs.” ] A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Defame. ] Evil name; bad reputation; defamation. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diffarreatio; dif- = farreum a spelt cake. See Confarreation. ] A form of divorce, among the ancient Romans, in which a cake was used. See Confarreation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. effabilis; ex out + fari to speak. ] Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Effaced p. pr. & vb. n. Effacing ] [ F. effacer; pref. es- (L. ex) + face face; prop., to destroy the face or form. See Face, and cf. Deface. ] 1. To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received. Bacon.

Syn. -- To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel; destroy. -- Efface, Deface. To deface is to injure or impair a figure; to efface is to rub out or destroy, so as to render invisible. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being effaced. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. effacement. ] The act if effacing; also, the result of the act. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. effascinare. ] To charm; to bewitch. [ Obs. ] Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. effascinatio. ] A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mach.) See under Injector. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The type genus of the Giraffidae.
Syn. -- genus Giraffa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. Grave, n. ] The scarp of a ditch or moat. “To clean the graffages.” Miss Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A loud burst of laughter; a horse laugh. “A hearty low guffaw.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. inaffabilité. ] Lack of affability or sociability; reticence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + affable. ] Not affable; reserved in social intercourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ineffabilitas: cf. F. ineffabilité. ] The quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness; unspeakableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable. See In- not, and Effable, Fame. ] Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven. [ 1913 Webster ]

Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contentment over the soul. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + effaceable: cf. F. ineffaçable. ] Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as not to be effaceable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive).
Syn. -- businessman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Off + fall. ] 1. The rejected or waste parts of any process, especially the inedible parts of a butchered animal, such as the viscera. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. A dead body; carrion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The offals of other professions. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ It. piffero. ] (Mus.) A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Raphaelesque. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. One's own affairs; one's private business. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. } The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A money dealer's commission; also, more commonly, the examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OE. tiffenay; cf. OF. tiffe ornament, tiffer to adjust, adorn. See Tiff to dress. ] A species of gause, or very silk. [ 1913 Webster ]

The smoke of sulphur . . . is commonly used by women to whiten tiffanies. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ After Louis Comfort Tiffany. ] 1. made of stained glass by, or in the style of objects made by, Louis C. Tiffany; as, a Tiffany lamp. [ PJC ]

2. Made by or purchased from the Tiffany corporation (with headquarters in New York City); as, Tiffany jewelry. [ PJC ]

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