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BUFFER, _s._ A foolish fellow; a term much used among young people, Clydes.

Fr. _bouffard_, ”often puffing, strouting out, swelling with anger,”

Cotgr.

BUFFETS, _s. pl._ A swelling in the glands of the throat, Ang.

(_branks_, synon.) probably from Fr. _bouffe_, swollen.

BUFFETSTOOL, _s._ A stool with sides, in form of a square table with leaves, when these are folded down, S. Lincolns, id.

_A. Douglas._

Fr. _buffet_, a sideboard; expl. by Roquefort, dressoir, which denotes a board for holding plates without box or drawer.

BUFFIE, BUFFLE, _adj._ Fat, purfled; applied to the face, S.

Fr. _bouffe_, blown up, swollen.

BUFFONS, _s. pl._ Pantomimic dances.

Fr. _boufons_, those by whom they were performed.

BUG, _pret._ Built.

V. ~Big~, _v._

_Minstrelsy Border._

BUGE, _s._ ”Lamb's fur; Fr. _agnelin_.” Rudd.

_Douglas._

Fr. _bouge_, E. _buge_, id.

BUGGE, _s._ A bugbear.

V. ~Boggarde~.

BUGGLE, _s._ A bog, a mora.s.s, S. B. This seems to be merely a dimin.

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