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Buffer: Definition and part of speech

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Buffer

  1. n. A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; — usually said of an elderly man.
  2. n. An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.
  3. n. A pad or cushion forming the end of a fender, which receives the blow; — sometimes called buffing apparatus.
  4. n. One who polishes with a buff.
  5. n. A wheel for buffing; a buff.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Buffet: Definition and part of speech

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Buffet

  1. v. i. A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
  2. n. A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.
  3. n. A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.
  4. v. i. A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.
  5. v. i. A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Buckra: Definition and part of speech

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Buckra

  1. a. White; white man’s; strong; good; as, buckra yam, a white yam.
  2. n. A white man; — a term used by negroes of the African coast, West Indies, etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Buckram: Definition and part of speech

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Buckram

  1. v. t. To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.
  2. n. A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
  3. n. A plant. See Ramson.
  4. a. Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.
  5. a. Stiff; precise.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Buck’s-horn: Definition and part of speech

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Buck’s-horn

  1. n. A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck’s horn (Plantago Coronopus); also, Lobelia coronopifolia.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Buckskin: Definition and part of speech

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Buckskin

  1. n. Breeches made of buckskin.
  2. n. The skin of a buck.
  3. n. A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.
  4. n. A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Buckthorn: Definition and part of speech

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Buckthorn

  1. n. A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.