buffetn.1
/ˈbʌfɪt/ a. A blow, stroke; now usually one given with the hand. †plural. Fisticuffs (rare). blindman('s) buffet (also blind and buffet) = blind-man's-buff n.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow > specific on a person
buffet?c1225
flatc1320
boxc1330
rapc1330
plaguea1382
puncha1450
buffc1475
jowl?1516
beff1768
funk1790
fib1814
cob1828
one1876
biff1889
clump1889
one in the eye1891
conk1898
fourpenny one1936
a sock in the eye1972
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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > with the fists
fisticuffs1600
buffet1675
fist-work1819
fisticuffery1823
fisticuffing1855
knockabout1903
fist-fighting1950
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 139 Nolde me tellen him alre worlde dusegest þe forseke abuffet for an speres wunde.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxviii. 23 I suffire vnrightwisly shame in bofetis & spittyngis.
c1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Mark xiv. 65 And summe bigunnen for to bispitte him, and to hide his yȝen, and smyte him with boffatis.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxviii. 571 Galashin..yaf hym soche a buffet with his swerde that he fill flatte.
1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence ii. 32 A hollander and a frenchman..falling out, went to buffets.
1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses viii. 86 How much we do all other men excel At Wrestling, Buffets, Leaping.
1714 A. Pope Chaucer's Wife of Bath in R. Steele Poet. Misc. 26 I..with one Buffet fell'd him on the Floor.
1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) i. at Blind To play a blind and buffet, andabatarum more pugnare.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iii. x. 71 On his cheek a buffet fell, So fierce, it stretched him on the plain.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xiii. 158 A shower of buffets rained down upon his person.
1878 O. W. Holmes John Lothrop Motley: Mem. xviii. 136 The letter..was like a buffet on the cheek.
b. transferred and figurative. (Cf. blow n.1, stroke n.1)
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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > severe or sudden > a stroke (of misfortune, etc.)
clapc1330
buffetc1400
flaw1513
wipe?1545
bolt1577
blow1608
attaint1655
bludgeoning1888
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 885 Þay blwe a buffet in blande þat banned peple.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 110 One..Whom the vile Blowes and Buffets of the World Hath so incens'd, that, etc. View more context for this quotation
1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. i. 326 The traveller whose altered form Has borne the buffet of the mountain storm.
1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) v. ii. 178 The buffets of unkindly fortune.
c. Aeronautics. = buffeting n. 2. Also attributive.
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society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [noun] > oscillation
phugoid1908
buffeting1931
snaking1945
buffet1951
1951 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 55 629/2 With very few exceptions buffet comes from the tail.
1958 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 962/1 Buffet boundary, the maximum Mach number at which a subsonic aeroplane may be safely flown without risk of uncontrollability due to compressibility drag.
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buffetn.2
/ˈbʌfɪt/ 1. A low stool; a footstool. Now only Scottish and northern dialect. In the 15th cent. described as a three-legged stool, but now denoting in north of England a low stool of any kind, and in Scottish a four-footed stool ‘with sides, in form of a square table with leaves, when these are folded down’ (Jamieson). The fuller buffet-stool n. occurs in the same sense from the 15th cent. Also buffet-form n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > support or rest > [noun] > for feet
shamblec825
stoola1250
benchc1405
buffet1432
foot cushiona1475
footstool1530
cricket1559
grest1563
foot stock1567
hassock1582
cracket1635
crock1709
tuffet1805
mora1818
footrest1833
toe-board1892
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > stool > [noun] > low
sellc1384
coppy14..
buffet1432
cricket1559
cracket1635
creepie1661
crock1709
donkey1943
donkey stool1945
1432 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 91 I bequethe..Idary a bofet.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 41 Bofet, thre fotyd stole [1499 boffet stole], tripes.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 55 Buffet stole, scabellum, tripos.
1478 Act. Audit. 67 (Jam.) Ii buffate stulis.
1568 in Promptorium Parvulorum (1843) 42 3 Buffett formes 3s., one litle buffet stole, 6d.
1596 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) III. 2 Ij buffet-stooles couered for women.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Scabeau, a Buffit, or ioyned, stoole to sit on.
a1806 A. Douglas Poems (Jam.) Jean brought the buffet-stool in bye.
1888 N.E.D. at Buffet Nursery Rime Little Miss Muffet sat on a buffet, Eating her curds and whey.
2. A hassock. Chiefly dialect.
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society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cushion > [noun]
tut1553
pess1575
hassock1582
trush1621
pessock1680
kneeler1848
buffet1877
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Buffet, a hassock. The difference between a Bass and a Buffet seems to consist in the former being covered with rush matting, and the latter with carpet.
1886 Demos II. 267 A couple of buffets, to supplement the number in the pew.
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buffetn.3
/ˈbʊfeɪ/, /ˈbʌfɪt/, /ˈbʌfeɪ/, U.S. /bʊˈfeɪ/ 1.
a. /ˈbʌfɪt/ A sideboard or side-table, often ornamental, for the disposition of china, plate, etc.
/ˈbʌfɪt/ A sideboard or side-table, often ornamental, for the disposition of china, plate, etc.ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > sideboard > [noun]
dresser1352
dresser board1352
cupboardc1380
dressing board1380
dressing knife boarda1425
sideboard?c1663
buffet1718
abacus1785
credenza1834
1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell ii. §32. 135 The Plate..was placed upon a Table or Buffett.
1756 Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 66 The electrical expositor stood upon a low beaufet.
1756 Connoisseur No. 103. 624 You see his beaufet crowded with a variety of..China plates.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. x. 134 An old-fashioned beaufet . View more context for this quotation
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. v. 102 And with this the intrepid Father, mounted the buffet with great agility.
1863 Confessions of Ticket-of-Leave Man 132 A magnificent beaufet in the second corridor.
b. /ˈbʊfeɪ/ In various collocations, buffet meal, buffet party, buffet supper, buffet table, etc., with sense 1 extended to cover the refreshments set out on the sideboard, table, etc., and where guests or customers are usually served standing. Also elliptical.
/ˈbʊfeɪ/ In various collocations, buffet meal, buffet party, buffet supper, buffet table, etc., with sense 1 extended to cover the refreshments set out on the sideboard, table, etc., and where guests or customers are usually served standing. Also elliptical.ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > buffet or standing meal
perpendicular1863
stand-up1882
buffet meal1888
fork supper1940
1888 Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. (rev. ed.) lxv. 1443 (caption) Buffet Tea-Table Arranged For From Forty Guests.
1906 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 Jan. 6/6 For the first time in Victoria, the buffet supper will be introduced, following the plans of the suppers now usually given at swell balls in Eastern cities.
1922 Hotel World 22 Apr. 13/1 At the close of the meeting those in attendance were tendered a buffet luncheon in the main restaurant.
1930 R. F. Wilson How to wine & dine in Paris v. 112 The café serves..a cold buffet lunch.
1933 E. Shanks Enchanted Village x. 138 The girls and young men round the buffet-table.
1937 M. Hillis Orchids on your Budget vi. 102 Buffet suppers are a triumphant solution of the no-maid-and-little-money party.
1951 Good Housek. Cookery Bk. 45 Arrange your buffet table in the most convenient place.
1951 Good Housek. Cookery Bk. 45 A fair number of people will need to reach the buffet at the same time.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 193/2 Paper serviettes..are inexpensive and convenient..for buffet meals.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 582/1 Suitable food for a buffet party includes sandwiches and bridge rolls.
2. /ˈbʌfɪt/ A cupboard in a recess for china and glasses.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > for china
buffeta1720
a1720 Humourist 116 The Cat had got into the Beaufette among the Glasses.
1724 J. Swift Blunders of Quilca in Misc. (1745) X. 165 The Beaufet letting in so much Wind that it almost blows out the Candles.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Buffet, or Bufet, was antiently a little Apartment, separated from the rest of a Room, by slender Wooden Columns, for the disposing China and Glass Ware, &c. call'd a Cabinet.
1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 92 The lightning..forced the door of a beaufet at the end of the hall.
1786 W. Cowper Gratitude 33 This china that decks the alcove Which here people call a buffet [rhyme yet].
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 940 Buffet, a cabinet or cupboard for plate, glass, or china. Some years back it was the practice to make these small recesses very ornamental, in the form of niches, and left open in the front to display the contents.
3.
a. /ˈbʊfeɪ/, /byfɛ/A refreshment bar.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > snack bar
buffet1792
breakfast-stall1853
fish-bar1887
stand-up1897
pizzeria1901
luncheonette1924
snack bar1930
snackette1935
snackery1936
pizza bar1956
Wimpy Bar1959
Wimpy1966
salad bar1976
1792 Observer 19 Feb. 3/3 At two o'clock, the buffets were opened, and the company regaled with a cold collation.
a1827 W. Hickey Mem. (1913) I. xi. 129 The Buffets, which were numerous, were abundantly supplied with refreshments of every kind.
1869 Daily News 16 Dec. In the buffet of the Marseilles station.
b. buffet-car n. originally U.S. a railway carriage containing a refreshment bar.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > dining car
dining car1838
refreshment car1851
restaurant car1870
dining carriage1879
dining coach1879
buffet-car1887
diner1889
luncheon-car1903
1887 C. B. George 40 Years on Rail 248 Buffet,..dining and sleeping cars have all been added to meet the needs and tastes of this enterprising age.
1895 J. C. Wait Car-builder's Dict. (ed. 3) 21 Buffet-car, a term..applied to a style of sleeping-car or parlor-car which has an ornamental buffet where light lunches can be prepared for the passengers.
1899 Railway Times 11 Mar. 340/1 Five express trains will be run.., two having first and third class dining-cars attached, and one a buffet car.
1969 L. Meynell Of Malicious Intent iv. 42 A fast train back to Liverpool Street..with a buffet car attached to it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
buffetv.
/ˈbʌfɪt/ 1.
a. transitive. To beat, strike, esp. with the hand; to thump, cuff, knock about.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > specific animate object
drepeOE
smitec1200
buffet?c1225
strike1377
rapa1400
seta1400
frontc1400
ballc1450
throw1488
to bear (a person) a blow1530
fetch1556
douse1559
knetcha1564
slat1577
to hit any one a blow1597
wherret1599
alapate1609
shock1614
baske1642
measure1652
plump1785
jow1802
nobble1841
scuff1841
clump1864
bust1873
plonk1874
to sock it to1877
dot1881
biff1888
dong1889
slosh1890
to soak it to1892
to cop (a person) one1898
poke1906
to hang one on1908
bop1931
clonk1949
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 84 Þe gywes..buffeteden him [sc. Christ].
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxiii. 191 He boffatede me a-boute þe mouthe.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. XXXiiv Whan he was buffetted & beten for vs.
1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ii. 26 They..must be bang'd and buffeted into Reason.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. iii. 22 What we ..experienced..when buffeted by the same storms.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iv. 102 Cut a crow's wing, or break his leg, the others will buffet it to death.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxvii. 337.
b. To beat back, contend with (waves, etc.).
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] > strive or struggle against difficulties > against a natural force
strivea1300
buffeta1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 109 The Torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it With lusty Sinewes. View more context for this quotation
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. viii. 224 Buffeting the boisterous waves.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxxviii. 348 I had buffeted the elements quite long enough.
c. figurative.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack (of hostile agency)
besetOE
infighta1300
saila1300
seeka1300
visitc1340
beclipc1380
entainc1380
seizec1381
offendc1385
affectc1425
rehetea1450
take1483
attaintc1534
prevent1535
attach1541
attempt1546
affront1579
buffeta1593
to get at ——1650
assault1667
insult1697
to lay at1899
a1593 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 212 Our sins buffet God on every side.
1678 R. Barclay Apol. True Christian Divinity ii. §13. 57 [They] are continually buffeting one another with the Scripture.
a1884 M. Pattison Mem. 49 I felt humiliated and buffeted.
2.
a. intransitive. To deal blows, fight, contend, struggle.
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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)]
fightc900
deal993
wraxlec1000
skirm?c1225
makec1275
mellc1300
to fight togethera1400
meddlec1400
match1440
wring1470
cobc1540
toilc1540
strike1579
beat1586
scuffle1590
exchange blows1594
to bang it out or aboutc1600
buffeta1616
tussle1638
dimicate1657
to try a friskin1675
to battle it1821
muss1851
scrap1874
to mix it1905
dogfight1929
yike1940
to go upside (someone's) head1970
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)]
winc888
fightc900
flitec900
wraxlec1000
wrestlea1200
cockc1225
conteckc1290
strivec1290
struta1300
topc1305
to have, hold, make, take strifec1374
stightlea1375
debatec1386
batea1400
strugglec1412
hurlc1440
ruffle1440
warc1460
warslea1500
pingle?a1513
contend1529
repugn1529
scruggle1530
sturtc1535
tuga1550
broilc1567
threap1572
yoke1581
bustle1585
bandy1594
tilt1595
combat1597
to go (also shake, try, wrestle) a fall1597
mutiny1597
militate1598
combatizec1600
scuffle1601
to run (or ride) a-tilt1608
wage1608
contesta1618
stickle1625
conflict1628
stickle1647
dispute1656
fence1665
contrast1672
scramble1696
to battle it1715
rug1832
grabble1835
buffet1839
tussle1862
pickeer1892
passage1895
tangle1928
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 140 If I might buffet for my Loue. View more context for this quotation
1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. ix. 208 She was..buffeting in a violent gale.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 73 Strove to buffet to land in vain.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xi. 97 They buffet with opposing waves.
b. figurative.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > strive or struggle
hiec888
to stand inc1175
wrag?c1225
wrestle?c1225
stretcha1375
strivec1384
pressc1390
hitc1400
wring1470
fend15..
battle1502
contend?1518
reluct1526
flichter1528
touse1542
struggle1597
to lay in1599
strain?1606
stickle1613
fork1681
sprattle1786
buffet1824
fight1859
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 33 To see so delicate..a being buffet so resolutely with hardships.
1846 Ld. Tennyson Golden Year in Poems (ed. 4) II. 91 I heard them blast The steep slate-quarry, and the great echo flap And buffet round the hills.
3. transitive. To drive, force, or produce, by buffeting.
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1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles xlii. 154 The Soul of a Man is..not to be buffeted into Softness.
1865 F. Parkman Huguenots vi, in Pioneers of France in New World 80 He buffeted his way to riches and fame.
1872 B. Harte Right Eye of Commander He felt the salt breath of the..sea buffet a color into his smoke-dried cheeks.
4. transitive. To muffle (bells). [Perhaps a distinct word; compare buff-stop n. at buff n.2 Compounds 2, also buffer n.2]
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [verb (transitive)] > muffle bells
muzzle1708
buffet1753
1753 Art Ringing 200 Buffeting the bells, that is, by tying pieces of leather, old hat, or any other thing that is pretty thick, round the ball of the clapper of each bell.
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