Buff (bŭf), n. [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.
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2. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
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A visage rough,
Deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff. Dryden.
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3. A military coat, made of buff leather. Shak.
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4. (Med.) The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
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5. (Mech.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
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6. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. [Colloq.]
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To be in buff is equivalent to being naked. Wright.
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Buff, v. t. to polish with a soft cloth, especially one similar to a buff{5}. See Buff, n., 5.
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Buff, n. [See Buffet.] A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase “Blindman's buff.” See blindman's buff.
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Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent
That made him reel. Spenser.
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