Strove to buffet to land in vain.
Tennyson.
Buf"fet*er (&?;), n. One who buffets; a boxer. Jonson.
Buf"fet*ing, n. 1. A striking with the hand.
2. A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity.
He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but . . . fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest storm.
Wirt.
Buf"fin (&?;), n. [So called from resembling buff &?;eather.] A sort of coarse stuff; as, buffin gowns. [Obs.]
Buff"ing ap`pa*ra"tus (&?;). See Buffer, 1.
Buf"fle (&?;), n. [OE., from F. buffle. See Buffalo.] The buffalo. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
Buf"fle, v. i. To puzzle; to be at a loss. [Obs.] Swift.
Buf"fle*head` (&?;), n. [Buffle + head.] 1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [Obs.]
What makes you stare so, bufflehead?
Plautus (trans. 1694).