Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - buff
Buff
buff
adj., n., & v. --adj. of a yellowish beige colour (buff envelope). --n. 1 a yellowish beige colour. 2 colloq. an enthusiast, esp. for a particular hobby (railway buff). 3 colloq. the human skin unclothed. 4 a a velvety dull-yellow ox-leather. b (attrib.) (of a garment etc.) made of this (buff gloves). 5 (the Buffs) the former East Kent Regiment (from the colour of its uniform facings). --v.tr. 1 polish (metal, fingernails, etc.). 2 make (leather) velvety like buff, by removing the surface. Phrases and idioms buff-stick a stick covered with buff and used for polishing. in the buff colloq. naked. Etymology: orig. sense 'buffalo', prob. f. F buffle; sense 2 of n. orig. f. buff uniforms formerly worn by New York volunteer firemen, applied to enthusiastic fire-watchers
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I. noun Etymology: Middle French ~le wild ox, from Old Italian bufalo Date: 1570 a garment (as a uniform) made of ~ leather, the state of being nude , 3. a moderate orange yellow, a light to moderate yellow, a device having a soft absorbent surface (as of cloth) by which polishing material is applied, fan, enthusiast, II. adjective Date: 1746 of the color ~, having a physique enhanced by bodybuilding exercises, III. transitive verb Date: 1838 polish, shine , to give a velvety surface to (leather) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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