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Look up: Buff

  1. Buff
    Any means employed by the transit authority to remove graffiti from trains. The more modern usage is when any graffiti is gone over or removed from any surface, not necessarily just from trains.
    Found on http://www.graffiti.org/faq/graffiti.glo

  2. Buff
    Buff is the stout velvety dull-yellow leather of buffalo or ox hide.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. buff
    [adj] - of the color of buff leather 2. [n] - a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen 3. [n] - bare skin 4. [n] - an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block 5. [v] - polish and make shiny
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Buff
    To achieve a smooth finish of high luster by polishing with a cloth or fabric wheel to which a compound has been added.
    Found on http://www.hobbyshed.co.uk/model_kit_mod

  5. Buff
    To polish to a smooth finish of high luster with a cloth or fabric wheel to which a compound has been added.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  6. Buff
    Buff (bŭf) noun [ Middle English buff , buffe , buff, buffalo, French 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. 2. The color of buff; a light yellow, sha ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/108

  7. Buff
    Buff adjective 1. Made of buff leather. Goldsmith. 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; a ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/108

  8. Buff
    Buff transitive verb To polish with a buff. See Buff , noun , 5.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/108

  9. Buff
    Buff transitive verb [ Old French bufer to cuff, buffet. See Buffet a blow.] To strike. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/108

  10. Buff
    Buff noun [ See Buffet .] A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase 'Blindman's buff .' « Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent That made him reel. Spenser. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/108

  11. Buff
    Buff adjective [ Of uncertain etymol.] Firm; sturdy. « And for the good old cause stood buff , 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. Hudibras. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/108

  12. buff
    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 colour to buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown. 'A visage rough, Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff.' (Dryden) ... 3. A military ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. buff
    adjective of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. buff
    noun an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. buff
    noun bare skin; naked; `swimming in the buff`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. buff
    noun a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. buff
    burnish verb polish and make shiny; `buff the wooden floors`; `buff my shoes`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. Buff
    `Buff` or `BUFF` may refer to: * Domestic buffalo, buff meat * Buff (colour), a pale yellow-brown colour * Buff (headgear), an article of clothing * Buff (computer gaming) is a generic term for beneficial effects (often spells) in some computer games * Buff (superheroine), a Marvel Comics character from `Generation X` * Buffy Summers, title character from the Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV series * Buffing, the process of smoothing and polishing me...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff

  19. Buff
    • (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.) Made of buff leather. • (a.) Firm; sturdy. • (v. t.) To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5. • (a.) The bare skin; as, to strip to...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  20. buff
    1. an ardent follower
    2. bare skin
    3. a medium to dark tan color
    4. an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)

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