n. - 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.
n. - The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
n. - A military coat, made of buff leather.
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. - The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
a. - Made of buff leather.
a. - Of the color of buff.
v. t. - To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
v. t. - To strike.
n. - A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."
a. - Firm; sturdy.