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buff
1. 
a. a dull yellow or yellowish-brown colour
b. (as adjective): buff paint
2. 
a. a cloth or pad of material used for polishing an object
b. a flexible disc or wheel impregnated with a fine abrasive for polishing metals, etc., with a power tool
buff
1. To clean and polish a surface so that a high luster results.
2. To grind down and/or polish a floor finish of terrazzo or other exposed-aggregate concrete.
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And here as in a game of blindman's buff the French ran into our vanguard.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
A bit of her naked arm is visible between the buff leather of the gauntlet and the sleeve of her gown; and as the day wears on its feminine smoothness becomes scarified by the stubble, and bleeds.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
There was one passenger in the coach,--a small dark-haired person in a glossy buff calico dress.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
 
 
 
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