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   buff

   /bʌf/

   noun

   • 1. a yellowish-beige colour: "a buff envelope"
   • 2. a stout dull yellow leather with a velvety surface. trademark in UK
   • 3. a stick, wheel, or pad used for polishing.

   verb

   • 1. polish (something): "he buffed the glass until it gleamed"
   • ▪ give (leather) a velvety finish by removing the surface of the grain.
   • 2. make (an element in a role-playing or video game) more powerful: informal "there are cards that'll buff your troops"

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or their body) in good physical shape with well-developed muscles: informal North American "the driver was a buff blond named March"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: probably from French buffle, from Italian bufalo, from late Latin bufalus (see buffalo). The original sense in English was ‘buffalo’, later ‘oxhide’ or ‘colour of oxhide’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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