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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 ind does, S

_Chr Kirk_

_It played buff_, S It made no impression

Belg _boff-en_, to puff up the cheeks ind; Fr _bouff-er_, id

_To_ BUFF, _v a To buff corn_, to give grain half thrashi+ng, S

”The best of him is _buft_,” a phrase coth is one, S

Alem _buff-en_, pulsare

_To buff herring_, to steep salted herrings in fresh water, and hang them up, S

~Buff~, _s_ A stroke, a blow, S

_Chr Kirk_

Fr _bouffe_, a blow, L B _buffa_, alapa

_To_ BUFF _out_, _v n_ To laugh aloud, S

Fr _bouffee_, a sudden, violent, and short blast, _buff-ir_, to spurt

BUFF, _s_ Nonsense, foolish talk, S

_shi+rrefs_

Teut _beffe_, id nugae, irrisio; Fr _buffoi_, vanite; also moquerie

BUFF, _s_ Skin _Stript to the buff_, stript naked, S

Perhaps fro leather prepared from the _skin_ of a buffalo

BUFF NOR STYE _He cou'd neither say buff nor stye_, S i e ”He could neither say one thing nor another” It is also used, but, I suspect, iard to one who has no activity; _He has neither buff nor stye with him_ S B

Teut _bof_, celeusht be viewed as referring to the act ofthe shrouds, from Su G