BUFFET, BUFFETING
NOUNS
1385 — BOX a buffet, a blow → obs.
1570 — CUFF a blow with the fist, or with the open hand; a buffet
1768 — BEFF a buffet, a blow, a stroke → Sc.
1777 — SCAT a buffet, a blow; the stroke given by a mass of water → Eng. dial.
1787 — THUD a buffet, a thump; a heavy, sounding blow; a blow with the fist → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 — YANK a buffet; a sudden severe blow, esp. with the hand; a stroke with the end of a whip-lash → Sc.
1808 — TAISLE — TASSLE — TEAZLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle → Sc.
1827 — BAFF a buffet, a blow; a shot; a thud; a blow with anything flat or soft, as the palm of the hand, a soft ball, etc. → Sc.
1861 — YELP a buffet, a blow → Sc.
1882 — BILLIZING a buffeting, a thrashing → Eng. dial.
1911 — BLIFFART — BLUFFERT a buffet, a blow, a stroke → Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
1300 — BEFT to buffet, to beat, to slap → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1440 — SUFFET to buffet, to beat → Eng. dial.
1519 — BOX to buffet, to beat, to thrash; later, to strike with the fist, to cuff
1530 — CUFF to strike with the fist, or with the open hand; to beat, to buffet
1572 — NEVEL — NEVILL to buffet, to beat or strike with the fists; to pound or pommel → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1573 — CANVAS — CANVASS to buffet, to beat, to drub; to knock about, to shake and shatter thoroughly → obs.
1911 — BOUFF to buffet, to strike → Sc. (Bk.)
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