An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To Bud, Budd, v. a. To endeavour to gain by gifts, to bribe.
Pitscottie.

BUDGE, s. A kind of bill, used in warfare.
Douglas.

O. Fr. bouge, boulge, faucille, serpe; Roquefort.

BUFE, s. Beef, S. B.

Fr. boeuf, id. Isl. bufe, cattle; from bu, an ox.

To BUFF, v. n. To emit a dull sound, as a bladder filled with wind does, S.
Chr. Kirk.

It played buff, S. It made no impression.

Belg. boff-en, to puff up the cheeks with wind; Fr. bouff-er, id.

To BUFF, v. a. To buff corn, to give grain half thrashing, S.

"The best of him is buft," a phrase commonly used to denote that one's natural strength is much gone, S.