BUFF
Buff, v. t. Etym: [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See Buffet a blow.]
Defn: To strike. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
BUFF
Buff, n. Etym: [See Buffet.]
Defn: 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.
BUFF
Buff, a. Etym: [Of uncertain etymol.]
Defn: Firm; sturdy. And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. Hudibras.
BUFFA
Buf"fa, n. fem. (Mus.) Etym: [It. See Buffoon.]
Defn: The comic actress in an opera.
— a.
Defn: Comic, farcical. Aria buffa, a droll or comic air.
— Opera buffa, a comic opera. See Opera bouffe.
BUFFALO Buf"fa*lo, n.; pl. Buffaloes (. Etym: [Sp. bufalo (cf. It. bufalo, F. buffle), fr. L. bubalus, bufalus, a kind of African stag or gazelle; also, the buffalo or wild ox, fr. Gr. Cow the animal, and cf. Buff the color, and Bubale.]