'Buff stick' definitions:

Definition of 'Buff stick'

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  • Buff \Buff\, a.
  • 1. Made of buff leather. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of the color of buff. [1913 Webster]
  • Buff coat, a close, military outer garment, with short sleeves, and laced tightly over the chest, made of buffalo skin, or other thick and elastic material, worn by soldiers in the 17th century as a defensive covering.
  • Buff jerkin, originally, a leather waistcoat; afterward, one of cloth of a buff color. [Obs.] --Nares.
  • Buff stick (Mech.), a strip of wood covered with buff leather, used in polishing. [1913 Webster]