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Buffeting
(gcide) | Buffet \Buf"fet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buffeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Buffeting.] [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the
preceding noun.]
1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff;
to slap.
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They spit in his face and buffeted him. --Matt.
xxvi. 67.
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2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive
with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
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The sudden hurricane in thunder roars,
Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores.
--Broome.
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You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of
your own, instead of being buffeted about the world.
--W. Black.
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3. [Cf. Buffer.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling
the clapper.
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Buffeting
(gcide) | Buffeting \Buf"fet*ing\, n.
1. A striking with the hand.
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2. A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or
waves; afflictions; adversity.
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He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but .
. . fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest
storm. --Wirt.
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buffeting
(wn) | buffeting
n 1: repeated heavy blows [syn: pounding, buffeting] |
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Buffeting
(gcide) | Buffet \Buf"fet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buffeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Buffeting.] [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the
preceding noun.]
1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff;
to slap.
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They spit in his face and buffeted him. --Matt.
xxvi. 67.
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2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive
with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
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The sudden hurricane in thunder roars,
Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores.
--Broome.
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You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of
your own, instead of being buffeted about the world.
--W. Black.
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3. [Cf. Buffer.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling
the clapper.
[1913 Webster]Buffeting \Buf"fet*ing\, n.
1. A striking with the hand.
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2. A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or
waves; afflictions; adversity.
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He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but .
. . fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest
storm. --Wirt.
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