Part 1450

<hw>Buf"fet</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.</def>

<blockquote>If I might <b>buffet</b> for my love, or bound my horse for her favors, I could lay on like a butcher. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make one's way by blows or struggling.</def>

<blockquote>Strove to <b>buffet</b> to land in vain. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Buffeter</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf"fet*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who buffets; a boxer.</def>

<i>Jonson.</i>

<h1>Buffeting</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf"fet*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A striking with the hand.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity.</def>

<blockquote>He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but . . . fitted to endure the <b>buffeting</b> on the rudest storm. <i>Wirt.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Buffin</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf"fin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called from resembling <ets>buff</ets> <?/eather.]</ety> <def>A sort of coarse stuff; <as>as, <ex>buffin</ex> gowns</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Buffing apparatus</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buff"ing ap`pa*ra"tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See <er>Buffer</er>, 1.</def>

<h1>Buffle</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf"fle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE., from F. <ets>buffle</ets>. See <er>Buffalo</er>.]</ety> <def>The buffalo.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Herbert.</i>

<h1>Buffle</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf"fle</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To puzzle; to be at a loss.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Bufflehead</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf"fle*head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Buffle</ets> + <ets>head</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>What makes you stare so, <b>bufflehead</b>? <i>Plautus (trans. 1694).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The buffel duck. See <er>Buffel duck</er>.</def>

<h1>Buffle-headed</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf"fle-head`ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>So fell this <b>buffle-headed</b> giant. <i>Gayton.</i></blockquote>