a. [f. BUFF sb.2 + -ED.] a. Clad in buff. b. Coated or covered with buff, having a ‘buffy coat.’ Buffed coat = BUFFY COAT.
1640. in Chambers, Bk. of Days, I. 767. This you do To a buffed captain, or perhaps unto His surly corporal.
1835–6. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 419/2. The buffed coat … is generally … of a light yellow or buff colour. Ibid. The specific gravity of buffed blood.
