[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buff \buff\, v. t. of. bufer to cuff, buffet. see buffet a
   blow.
   to strike. obs. --b. jonson.
   1913 webster
see also:
buffet 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buff \buff\, n. see buffet.
   a buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase
   "blindman's buff." see blindman's buff.
   1913 webster

         nathless so sore a buff to him it lent
         that made him reel.                      --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
buffet blindman's buff 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buff \buff\, a. of uncertain etymol.
   firm; sturdy.
   1913 webster

         and for the good old cause stood buff,
         'gainst many a bitter kick and cuff.     --hudibras.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buff \buff\, a.
   1. made of buff leather. --goldsmith.
      1913 webster

   2. of the color of buff.
      1913 webster

   buff coat, a close, military outer garment, with short
      sleeves, and laced tightly over the chest, made of buffalo
      skin, or other thick and elastic material, worn by
      soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering.

   buff jerkin, originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward,
      one of cloth of a buff color. obs. --nares.

   buff stick mech., a strip of wood covered with buff
      leather, used in polishing.
      1913 webster
see also:
buff coat buff jerkin buff stick 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buff \buff\, v. t.
   to polish with a soft cloth, especially one similar to a
   buff5. see buff, n., 5.
   1913 webster +pjc
see also:
buff5 buff 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buff \buff\ bu^f, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. the color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink,
      gray, or brown.
      1913 webster

            a visage rough,
            deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. a military coat, made of buff leather. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. med. the grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy
      coat. see buffy coat, under buffy, a.
      1913 webster

   5. mech. a wheel covered with buff leather, and used in
      polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
      1913 webster

   6. the bare skin; as, to strip to the buff. colloq.
      1913 webster

            to be in buff is equivalent to being naked.
                                                  --wright.
      1913 webster
see also:
buffalo buffy coat buffy 

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

colorful \colorful\ adj.
   1. having striking color. opposite of colorless.

   note: narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
         shot; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
         prismatic; psychedelic; red, ruddy, flushed,
         empurpled

   syn: colourful.
        wordnet 1.5

   2. striking in variety and interest. opposite of colorless
      or dull. narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
      flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; flashy, gaudy,
      jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty; picturesque
      wordnet 1.5

   3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
      as, colored crepe paper. opposite of colorless and
      monochrome.

   note: narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; amber,
         brownish-yellow, yellow-brown; amethyst; auburn,
         reddish-brown; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
         azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; bicolor,
         bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome; blue,
         bluish, light-blue, dark-blue; blushful,
         blush-colored, rosy; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
         brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; canary,
         canary-yellow; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
         chartreuse; chestnut; dun; earth-colored,
         earthlike; fuscous; green, greenish, light-green,
         dark-green; jade, jade-green; khaki; lavender,
         lilac; mauve; moss green, mosstone; motley,
         multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
         painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
         varicolored, varicoloured; mousy, mouse-colored;
         ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
         orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
         purple, violet, purplish; red, blood-red, carmine,
         cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
         scarlet; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
         rust, rusty, rust-colored; snuff, snuff-brown,
         snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
         snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown; sorrel,
         brownish-orange; stone, stone-gray; straw-color,
         straw-colored, straw-coloured; tan; tangerine;
         tawny; ultramarine; umber; vermilion,
         vermillion, cinibar, chinese-red; yellow, yellowish;
         yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; blae
         bluish-black or gray-blue; coral; creamy; cress
         green, cresson, watercress; hazel; honey,
         honey-colored; huedpostnominal; magenta;
         maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
         sea-green also see: chromatic, colored, dark,
         light.

   syn: colored, coloured, in colorpredicate.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
colorless changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot deep, rich flaming fluorescent, glowing prismatic 
psychedelic red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled dull brave, fine, gay, glorious flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained 
flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty picturesque monochrome tinted touched, tinged 
amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown amethyst auburn, reddish-brown aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue 
bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue blushful, blush-colored, rosy bottle-green bronze, bronzy 
brown, brownish, dark-brown buff canary, canary-yellow caramel, caramel brown carnation 
chartreuse chestnut dun earth-colored, earthlike fuscous 
green, greenish, light-green, dark-green jade, jade-green khaki lavender, lilac mauve 
moss green, mosstone motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured mousy, mouse-colored ocher, ochre olive-brown 
olive-drab olive orange, orangish peacock-blue pink, pinkish 
purple, violet, purplish red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet red, reddish rose, roseate rose-red 
rust, rusty, rust-colored snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown sorrel, brownish-orange stone, stone-gray straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured 
tan tangerine tawny ultramarine umber 
vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, chinese-red yellow, yellowish yellow-green avocado bay 
beige blae bluish-black or gray-blue coral creamy cress green, cresson, watercress 
hazel honey, honey-colored huedpostnominal magenta maroon 
pea-green russet sage, sage-green sea-green chromatic 
colored dark light 

[8] : WordNet (r) 2.0

buff
     adj : of the color of buff leather
     n 1: an ardent follower and admirer syn: fan, devotee, lover
     2: a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo
        or oxen
     3: bare skin; "swimming in the buff"
     4: a medium to dark tan color syn: yellowish brown, raw
        sienna, caramel, caramel brown
     5: an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block;
        used for polishing as in manicuring syn: buffer
     v 1: strike, beat repeatedly; "the wind buffeted him" syn: buffet
     2: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
        shoes" syn: burnish, furbish, flush
see also:
fan devotee lover yellowish brown raw sienna caramel 
caramel brown buffer buffet burnish furbish 
flush 

[9] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

240 moby thesaurus words for "buff":
   leatherette, leatheroid, maecenas, abettor, adherent, admirer,
   advocate, aficionado, amateur, angel, apologist, appendage,
   applauder, appreciator, attendant, attender, audience, aureate,
   auric, authority, backer, bareness, beige, birthday suit, booster,
   buff-yellow, bug, burnish, canary, canary-yellow,
   cavaliere servente, champion, citron, citron-yellow, claqueur,
   coat, collector, commender, connoisseur, courtier, crank, cream,
   creamy, critic, cuticle, dangler, decollete, defender, dependence,
   dependent, dermis, devotee, dilettante, disciple, dress, ecdysiast,
   ecru, encomiast, encourager, endorser, energumen, enthusiast,
   eulogist, eulogizer, expert, exponent, extoller, fallow, fan,
   fanatic, fanatico, fancier, favorer, fell, finish, flaxen, fleece,
   flesh, flunky, follower, following, freak, frequenter,
   friend at court, fur, furbish, furring, gilded, gilt, glance,
   glaze, gloss, gold, gold-colored, golden, groupie, gymnosophist,
   gymnosophy, habitue, hanger-on, haunter, henchman, hide,
   homme de cour, hound, idolater, idolizer, imitation fur,
   imitation leather, infatuate, integument, jacket, lauder, leather,
   leather paper, leathern, leathery, lemon, lemon-yellow, lover,
   lunatic fringe, luster, luteolous, lutescent, mainstay, maintainer,
   monomaniac, nakedness, naturism, naturist, not a stitch, nudism,
   nudist, nudity, nut, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid,
   ochrous, ochry, or, outer layer, outer skin, panegyrist, paranymph,
   parasite, partisan, patron, pelt, peltry, plugger, polish, praiser,
   primrose, primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, promoter, protagonist,
   public, puffer, pundit, pursuer, pursuivant, rawhide, reliance,
   rind, rooter, rub, rub up, saffron, saffron-colored,
   saffron-yellow, sallow, sand, sand-colored, sandblast, sandpaper,
   sandy, satellite, savant, scholar, scour, second, seconder,
   sectary, shadow, sheath, shine, sider, skin, skins, sleek, slick,
   slick down, smooth, specialist, spectator, sponsor, stalwart,
   standby, state of nature, stooge, straw, straw-colored, stripper,
   stripteaser, successor, support, supporter, sustainer, sympathizer,
   tagtail, tail, technical expert, technician, tegument,
   the altogether, the nude, the raw, theatergoer, toplessness, tout,
   touter, trainbearer, upholder, vair, varnish, visitor, votary,
   ward heeler, wax, well-wisher, worshiper, xanthic, xanthous,
   yellow, yellowish, zealot

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