[f. BUFF sb.2 & v.3 + -ING1.]

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  a.  The formation of a BUFFY COAT. b. The process of polishing with a buff (BUFF sb.2 4), or with a buffer (BUFFER3); also that of imparting a velvety surface to leather by the use of sandpaper. Buffing-block, in silver manufacture, a wooden block covered with leather, on which an article is rubbed to polish it.

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1856.  Todd & Bowman, Phys. Anat., II. 295. Buffing and cupping of the blood has long attracted notice.

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c. 1865.  J. Wylde, in Circ. Sc., I. 156/2. Buffing, or rubbing the plate on some velvet fixed tightly over a piece of wood.

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1885.  H. M. Newhall, in Harper’s Mag., Jan., 286/1, note. 1855.—Buffing or sand papering machine [for leather].

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