To strike.

A buffet; a blow; – obsolete except in the phrase
“Blindman’s buff.”

The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.

To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.

Made of buff leather.

A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing
cutlery, spoons, etc.

The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray,
or brown.

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.

The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See
Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.

Of the color of buff.