Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BUFF'ET
BUFF'ET, v.t.
- To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat. They spit in his face and buffeted him. – Matth. xxvi.
- To beat in contention; to contend against; as, to buffet the billows. – Otway.
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