These are the meanings of the letters BEPUFF when you unscramble them.
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Buff (a.)
A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc.
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Buff (a.)
Firm; sturdy.
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Buff (a.)
Made of buff leather.
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Buff (a.)
Of the color of buff.
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Buff (a.)
The bare skin; as, to strip to the buff.
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Buff (n.)
A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase \"Blindman's buff.\"
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Buff (n.)
A military coat, made of buff leather.
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Buff (n.)
A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed in like manner.
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Buff (n.)
The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown.
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Buff (n.)
The grayish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. See Buffy coat, under Buffy, a.
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Buff (v. t.)
To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5.
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Buff (v. t.)
To strike.
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Puff (a.)
Puffed up; vain.
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Puff (n.)
a kind of light pastry.
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Puff (n.)
A puffball.
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Puff (n.)
A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.
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Puff (n.)
A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.
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Puff (n.)
An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.
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Puff (n.)
Anything light and filled with air.
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Puff (n.)
To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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Puff (n.)
To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
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Puff (n.)
To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
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Puff (n.)
To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.
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Puff (n.)
To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
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Puff (v. t.)
To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.
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Puff (v. t.)
To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
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Puff (v. t.)
To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up.
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Puff (v. t.)
To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
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Puff (v. t.)
To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.