Buff

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.
2. A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
3. Made of buff leather.
4. Of the color of buff.
5. The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
6. To strike.
7. The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
8. To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
9. A military coat, made of buff leather.
10. The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
11. A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."
12. Firm; sturdy.