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buff
(encz) | buff,béžový adj: Pino |
buff
(encz) | buff,fanda n: Pino |
buff
(encz) | buff,fanoušek n: Pino |
buff
(encz) | buff,kůže n: buvolí, hovězí Pino |
buff
(encz) | buff,nadšenec n: Zdeněk Brož |
buff
(encz) | buff,useň n: buvolí, hovězí Pino |
buff
(encz) | buff,žlutohnědý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Buff
(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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Buff
(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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Buff
(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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Buff
(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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Buff
(gcide) | Buff \Buff\, v. t. [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See Buffet a
blow.]
To strike. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Buff
(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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buff
(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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buff
(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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