buff
-1 n. எருமைத்தோல், மெத்தென்ற, முரட்டுத்தோல்,படைத்துறைக்குரிய பதனிட்ட வெண்தோல், படைத்துறை முரட்டுச் சட்டை, ஆடையற்ற மனித உடல் தோற்றம், மங்கலான மஞ்சள் நிறம், தோல் போர்த்த கைதடி, தோல் போர்த்த சக்கரம், மஞ்சள் நிறச் சட்டையுடைய கட்சியினர், (மரு.) காய்ச்சல் கொண்ட-2 v. அடி, மொத்து, அடித்துக்கிழி.
Buff, n. Etym: [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. 2. The color to buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown. A visage rough, Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff. Dryden. 3. A military coat, made of buff leather. Shak. 4. (Med.) Defn: The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a. 5. (Mech.) Defn: A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc. 6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.] To be in buff is equivalent to being naked. Wright. Buff, a. 1. Made of buff leather. Goldsmith. 2. Of the color of buff. 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. Buff, v. t. Defn: To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5. Buff, v. t. Etym: [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See Buffet a blow.] Defn: To strike. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 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, a. Etym: [Of uncertain etymol.] Defn: Firm; sturdy. And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. Hudibras. Buff, n. Etym: [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. 2. The color to buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown. A visage rough, Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff. Dryden. 3. A military coat, made of buff leather. Shak. 4. (Med.) Defn: The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a. 5. (Mech.) Defn: A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc. 6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.] To be in buff is equivalent to being naked. Wright. Buff, a. 1. Made of buff leather. Goldsmith. 2. Of the color of buff. 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. Buff, v. t. Defn: To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5. Buff, v. t. Etym: [OF. bufer to cuff, buffet. See Buffet a blow.] Defn: To strike. [Obs.] B. Jonson. 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, a. Etym: [Of uncertain etymol.] Defn: Firm; sturdy. And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. Hudibras.