subs. (old cant).—A dog: see BUFFER. [MURRAY: from the sound of its bark.]
1567. HARMAN, A Caveat or Warening for Common Cursetors, 84. BUFE, a dogge.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. BUFE, c. a Dog.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. BUFE, a dog. BUFE’S NOB; a dog’s head.
