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Social management software
Buffer is a software application for the web and mobile, designed to manage accounts in social networks, by providing the means for a user to schedule
Buffer_(application)
Aqueous solution of a weak acid and its conjugate base
is added to it. Buffer solutions are used as a means of keeping pH at a nearly constant value in a wide variety of chemical applications. In nature, there
Buffer_solution
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up buffer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Buffer or Buffers may refer to: Buffer gas, an inert or nonflammable gas Buffer solution, a solution
Buffer
Memory used temporarily in data transfers
In computer science, a data buffer (or just buffer) is a region of memory used to store data temporarily while it is being moved from one place to another
Data_buffer
Electronic circuit
"diamond buffer" for their OPA660 IC and in related patents and application notes. A "diamond transistor", in Burr-Brown language, denoted a diamond buffer with
Diamond_buffer
Data structure in computer science
science, a circular buffer, circular queue, cyclic buffer or ring buffer is a data structure that uses a single, fixed-size buffer as if it were connected
Circular_buffer
UN-administered demilitarised zone on Cyprus
The United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus is a former demilitarized zone, patrolled by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), that was
United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus
United_Nations_Buffer_Zone_in_Cyprus
Protective layer covering an optical fiber
"tight buffer" consists of a polymer coating in intimate contact with the primary coating applied to the fiber during manufacture. Buffer application methods
Buffer_(optical_fiber)
Data serialization format
Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) is a free and open-source cross-platform data format used to serialize structured data. It is useful in developing programs
Protocol_Buffers
Portion of random-access memory containing a bitmap that drives a video display
computer monitor. In computing, a screen buffer is a part of computer memory used by a computer application for the representation of the content to be
Framebuffer
Buffer solution
media for most DNA gel electrophoresis applications. TAE (Tris-acetate-EDTA) buffer is used as both a running buffer and in agarose gels. Its use in denaturing
TAE_buffer
Anomaly in computer security and programming
information security, a buffer overflow or buffer overrun is an anomaly whereby a program writes data to a buffer beyond the buffer's allocated memory, overwriting
Buffer_overflow
Processor design concept
In computing and processor design, a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) is a memory cache that stores the recent translations of virtual memory addresses
Translation_lookaside_buffer
Measure of access to rural transport networks
passable during adverse weather. A buffer of 2 kilometres is applied around both all-season and exposed roads. The buffered areas are then rasterized to enable
Rural_Access_Index
Buffer solution commonly used in biological research
added as this will result in precipitation. For these types of applications, Good's buffers are recommended. PBS has been shown to be an acceptable alternative
Phosphate-buffered_saline
Scheduling algorithm, the first piece of data inserted into a queue is processed first
a data buffer) where the oldest (first) entry, or "head" of the queue, is processed first. FIFOs are used for a wide variety of applications. Depending
FIFO (computing and electronics)
FIFO_(computing_and_electronics)
Network latency caused by excessive packet buffering
use excessively large buffers, even very high-speed networks can become practically unusable for many interactive applications like voice over IP (VoIP)
Bufferbloat
Device to stop trains at end of track
different types of buffer stop have been developed. They differ depending on the type of coupler used and on the intended application. Buffer stops with anticlimbers
Buffer_stop
keyboard buffer for the operating system or application software to read. On some systems, if the user presses too many keys at once, the keyboard buffer overflows
Keyboard_buffer
Data buffer in graphics hardware
A stencil buffer is an extra data buffer, in addition to the color buffer and Z-buffer, found on modern graphics hardware. The buffer is per pixel and
Stencil_buffer
Series of virtual framebuffers used by computer graphics systems
buffering refers to the technique of allowing an application to draw to whichever back buffer was least recently updated. This allows the application
Swap_chain
Additional storage that enables faster access to main storage
effectively being buffered. Caching almost always involves some form of buffering, while strict buffering does not necessarily involve caching. A buffer is a temporary
Cache_(computing)
the buffer system used for another one suitable for a downstream application (buffer exchange). These methods are based on gel filtration chromatography
Desalting_and_buffer_exchange
Chemical compound
is a similar pH buffering compound which contains a propanesulfonic moiety instead of an ethanesulfonic one. MES is used as a buffering agent in biology
MES_(buffer)
Coupling for railway vehicles
Buffers and chain couplers (or couplings) – also known as "buffers and screw", "screw", and "screwlink" – are the de facto International Union of Railways
Buffers_and_chain_coupler
Type of data buffer in computer graphics
A z-buffer, also known as a depth buffer, is a type of data buffer used in computer graphics to store the depth information of fragments. The values stored
Z-buffering
Excessive access to computer resources
the application's privileges: Some Windows services are configured to run under the Local System user account. A vulnerability such as a buffer overflow
Privilege_escalation
Cross-platform graphics API
OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics. The
OpenGL
Storage layer in high-performance computing
back-end storage systems. Burst buffers accelerate scientific data movement on supercomputers. For example, scientific applications' life cycles typically alternate
Burst_buffer
Unity gain amplifier with low output impedance
a lower output impedance for a voltage buffer or a higher output impedance for a current buffer). This "buffers" the signal source in the first circuit
Buffer_amplifier
Chemical compound
9.7-11.1. CAPS is a Good's buffer that is chemically stable and is commonly used in biochemical and analytical applications such as capillary electrophoresis
CAPS_(buffer)
Layer for end-to-end network communication
supported by the receiving data buffer, causing a buffer overrun. This can also be used to improve efficiency by reducing buffer underrun. Congestion avoidance:
Transport_layer
Intermediate region, typically between belligerent entities
A buffer zone, also historically known as a march, is a neutral area that lies between two or more bodies of land; usually, between countries. Depending
Buffer_zone
Cross platform serialization software library
FlatBuffers is a free software library implementing a serialization format similar to Protocol Buffers, Thrift, Apache Avro, SBE, and Cap'n Proto, primarily
FlatBuffers
Vegetated area near a stream, usually forested
A riparian buffer or stream buffer is a vegetated area (a "buffer strip") near a stream, usually forested, which helps shade and partially protect the
Riparian_buffer
Computer program
long as one of the Office suite applications is open. The built-in Windows clipboard manager maintains the clipboard buffer at the system level, permitting
Clipboard_manager
State when an empty buffer is read from
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In computing, buffer underrun or buffer underflow is a state occurring when a buffer used for communicating between two devices
Buffer_underrun
Family of block-oriented display terminals and printers made by IBM
technique unusual. There is also a read buffer capability that transfers the entire content of the 3270-screen buffer including field attributes. This is
IBM_3270
Chemical compound
of Good's buffers. It was developed in the 1960s to provide buffer solutions with pH ranging from 6.15-8.35 for use in various applications. With a pKa
ACES_(buffer)
Management paradigm
malfunction, sickness or a "hole" in the buffer – if something goes wrong that the time buffer can not protect). Buffer management, therefore, represents a
Theory_of_constraints
Combinational digital circuit
to shift unsigned integers. Rotate: the operand is treated as a circular buffer of bits in which its least and most significant bits are effectively adjacent
Arithmetic_logic_unit
GUI for Windows console applications
a Win32 console application. This can cause confusion. Under Windows 9x, the screen buffer mirrors the structure of VGA text buffer, with two bytes per
Windows_Console
Software security techniques
Buffer overflow protection is any of various techniques used during software development to enhance the security of executable programs by detecting buffer
Buffer_overflow_protection
3D computer graphics image rendering method
a Z-buffer for a complex scene. Consequently, in contemporary interactive graphics applications, the Z-buffer has become ubiquitous. The Z-buffer allows
Scanline_rendering
Type of chemical solution
McIlvaine buffer is a buffer solution composed of citric acid and disodium hydrogen phosphate, also known as citrate-phosphate buffer. It was introduced
McIlvaine_buffer
Concept in molecular biology
Tris/Borate/EDTA, is a buffer solution containing a mixture of Tris base, boric acid and EDTA. In molecular biology, TBE and TAE buffers are often used in
TBE_buffer
Method of CPU communication
to an address and then writes data to another address, the cache write buffer does not guarantee that the data will reach the peripherals in that order
Memory-mapped I/O and port-mapped I/O
Memory-mapped_I/O_and_port-mapped_I/O
Software component that extends the functionality of existing software
program to be run from the editor, which can access the in-memory edit buffer. The plug-in executable could call the editor to inspect and change the
Plug-in_(computing)
Hardware cache of a central processing unit
lookaside buffer (TLB) which is part of the memory management unit (MMU) which most CPUs have. Input/output sections also often contain data buffers that serve
CPU_cache
Software-based, block-level cache of drive data stored in the host computer's main memory
system may also use some of main memory as filesystem write buffer, it may be called page buffer. Pages in the page cache modified after being brought in
Page_cache
2856403. The Irregular Z-Buffer: Hardware Acceleration for Irregular Data Structures The Irregular Z-Buffer And Its Application to Shadow Mapping Alias-Free
Irregular_z-buffer
1895 train accident in Paris, France
station too fast and the driver's application of the railway air brake was ineffective. After running through the buffer stop, the train crossed the station
Montparnasse_derailment
Application of terror management theory
Anxiety buffer disruption theory (ABDT) is an application of terror management theory to explain an individual's reaction to a traumatic event, which
Anxiety buffer disruption theory
Anxiety_buffer_disruption_theory
Chemical compound
to degrade TRIS buffer. Since Tris's pKa is more strongly temperature dependent, its use is not recommended in biochemical applications requiring consistent
Tris
Technique for separating proteins
reducing agent present in the loading buffer doesn't co-migrate with the proteins. Recent advances in buffering technology alleviate this problem by resolving
Gel electrophoresis of proteins
Gel_electrophoresis_of_proteins
has applications in coating procedures. Additives such as Polysorbate 20 and milk powder can be used to add to BBS's functionality as a washing buffer or
Borate_buffered_saline
Window manager for Microsoft Windows
all applications render to an off-screen buffer, they can be read off the buffer embedded in other applications as well. Since the off-screen buffer is
Desktop_Window_Manager
Smart card
Java Card is a software technology that allows Java-based applications (applets) to be run securely on smart cards and more generally on similar secure
Java_Card
Isolating electronic circuit
A digital buffer (or a logic buffer) is an electronic circuit element used to copy a digital input signal and isolate it from any output load. For the
Digital_buffer
Extension for X Window System
.to an off-screen buffer. Applications can then take the contents of that buffer and do whatever they like. The off-screen buffer can be automatically
Composite_Extension
Psychological phenomenon
In social psychology, social buffering is a phenomenon where social connections can alleviate negative consequences of stressful events. Although there
Social_buffering
Digital circuit that produces sums from inputs
file Memory buffer Memory address register Program counter Control unit Hardwired control unit Instruction unit Data buffer Write buffer Microcode ROM
Adder_(electronics)
Software anomaly
A heap overflow, heap overrun, or heap smashing is a type of buffer overflow that occurs in the heap data area. Heap overflows are exploitable in a different
Heap_overflow
Means of improving the efficiency of TCP/IP networks
real-time applications. A solution recommended by Nagle, that prevents the algorithm sending premature packets, is by buffering up application writes then
Nagle's_algorithm
Unexpected program exit due to an error
invalid memory addresses, incorrect address values in the program counter, buffer overflow, overwriting a portion of the affected program code due to an earlier
Crash_(computing)
Computer security exploit technique
return-oriented programming against a target application linked with the C standard library and containing an exploitable buffer overrun vulnerability. A return-oriented
Return-oriented_programming
Software bug
software anomaly where a program, while reading data from a buffer, reads outside of the buffer's boundary from adjacent memory. This is a special case of
Out-of-bounds_read
Equation used to estimate pH of a weak acid or base solution
RNH_{2}+H^{+}} } The Henderson–Hasselbalch buffer system also has many natural and biological applications, from physiological processes (e.g., metabolic
Henderson–Hasselbalch equation
Henderson–Hasselbalch_equation
Clock deviation from perfect periodicity
include phase-locked loop and delay-locked loop. Jitter buffers or de-jitter buffers are buffers used to counter jitter introduced by queuing in packet-switched
Jitter
Cable assembly containing one or more optical fibers that are used to carry light
resin buffer layer or core tube(s) extruded around them to form the cable core. Several layers of protective sheathing, depending on the application, are
Fiber-optic_cable
Data processing chain
element if they are partly hidden. Buffering is also needed to accommodate irregularities in the rates at which the application feeds items to the first stage
Pipeline_(computing)
Display system intended to replace X11
client–server model in which clients are the graphical applications requesting the display of pixel buffers on the screen, and the server (compositor) is the
Wayland_(protocol)
Secure specification for IC interface
Input/output Buffer Information Specification (IBIS) is a specification of a method for integrated circuit vendors to provide information about the input/output
Input/output Buffer Information Specification
Input/output_Buffer_Information_Specification
GIS analysis operation to evaluate distance
feature, the buffer zone (or just buffer). A buffer is likely the most commonly used tool within the proximity analysis methods. The buffer operation has
Buffer_analysis
A buffer gas is an inert or nonflammable gas. In the Earth's atmosphere, nitrogen acts as a buffer gas. A buffer gas adds pressure to a system and controls
Buffer_gas
Input/output method in computing
from multiple buffers and writes it to a single data stream (gather), or reads data from a data stream and writes it to multiple buffers (scatter), as
Vectored_I/O
Type of software bug
software is being used). Using memory beyond the memory that was allocated (buffer overflow): If an array is used in a loop, with incorrect terminating condition
Memory_corruption
a set of vertices in a plane. Depth buffer A bitmap image holding depth values (either a Z buffer or a W buffer), used for visible surface determination
Glossary_of_computer_graphics
Mechanisms in the X Window System
the application requesting it. By contrast, cut buffers are a passive mechanism: after some text is selected, it is transferred to a cut buffer and remains
X_Window_System_selection
Computer bug exploit caused by invalid data
programmer may mistakenly write printf(buffer) instead of printf("%s", buffer). The first version interprets buffer as a format string and parses any formatting
Code_injection
Register in a computer's CPU
A memory buffer register (MBR) or memory data register (MDR) is the register in a computer's CPU that stores the data being transferred to and from the
Memory_buffer_register
BBC Micro expansion interface
capacity varies between 1 and 24 bytes, depending on the dedicated buffer function. Each buffer has a control register and status register to monitor its state
Tube_(BBC_Micro)
Mechanism for connecting rolling stock in a train
a necessity. The earliest 'dumb buffers' were fixed extensions of the wooden wagon frames, but later spring buffers were introduced. The first of these
Railway_coupling
Type of video overlay
method of rendering an image to a display screen with a dedicated memory buffer inside computer video hardware. The technique aims to improve the display
Hardware_overlay
Manufacturing styles of an electronic device
ceramic capacitors with high volumetric efficiency for buffer, by-pass and coupling applications Common EIA/IEC code abbreviations are: X7R/2XI, Z5U/E26
Capacitor_types
Computer file format for a multimedia playlist
Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple iTunes before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands". cve.circl.lu. "CVE-2000-0624: Buffer overflow
M3U
Extra stock kept to mitigate risks
inventory to reduce the risk that the item will be out of stock. It acts as a buffer stock in case sales are greater than planned and/or the supplier is unable
Safety_stock
whether the application is safe to execute. This can be particularly useful in ensuring memory safety (i.e. preventing issues like buffer overflows).
Proof-carrying_code
Graphics libraries API design pattern
immediate – to retained resources. It does not preclude the use of double-buffering. Retained mode is an alternative approach. Historically, retained mode
Immediate mode (computer graphics)
Immediate_mode_(computer_graphics)
Fixed-value capacitor using ceramic
resonant circuit applications. Class 2 ceramic capacitors offer high volumetric efficiency for buffer, by-pass, and coupling applications. Ceramic capacitors
Ceramic_capacitor
Chemical compound formed when an acid donates a proton to a base
here is a table of common buffers. A second common application with an organic compound would be the production of a buffer with acetic acid. If acetic
Conjugate_(acid-base_theory)
Type of database system
limit, to avoid unnecessary input/output I/O. Buffer cache size: Efficient use of the database buffer cache efficiently can reduce resource consumption
Online_transaction_processing
state into a format that can be stored (for example, in a file or memory buffer) or transmitted (for example, across a network connection link) and reconstructed
Glossary_of_computer_science
Communication bandwidth management technique
(waiting in the buffer until its scheduled release time) or never (in case of packet loss). All traffic shaper implementations have a finite buffer and must
Traffic_shaping
Downstream applications, such as isolation of DNA from a gel slice or southern blot analysis, work as expected with sodium borate gels. LB buffer containing
SB_buffer
50-metre fixed buffer zone around clinics that perform abortions; variable buffer zones of up to 150 metres granted upon application to hospitals, pharmacies
Legal protection of access to abortion
Legal_protection_of_access_to_abortion
Buffer solution used in biochemistry
Tris-buffered saline (TBS) is a buffer solution used in some biochemical techniques to maintain the pH within a relatively narrow range. Tris (as the
Tris-buffered_saline
Chemical substance
this major application, it is dissolved in Tris-buffered saline or phosphate buffered saline at dilutions of 0.05% to 0.5% v/v. These buffers are used for
Polysorbate_20
Middleware platform by Oracle
of the most popular formats is the FML buffer format which is much like a binary XML or ASN.1 format. FML buffers can contain an arbitrary number of named
Tuxedo_(software)
Ethernet-based fieldbus system
synchronization purposes; ≤ 1 μs) and reduced hardware costs. Typical application fields for EtherCAT are machine controls. This includes semiconductor
EtherCAT
BUFFER APPLICATION
BUFFER APPLICATION
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Duffield.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone with some fancied resemblance to a bittern, perhaps in the booming quality of the voice, from Middle English, Old French butor ‘bittern’ (a word of obscure etymology).English and German : metonymic occupational name for a dairyman or seller of butter, from Old English butere ‘butter’, Middle High German buter.German : possibly a short form of any of the various compound names formed with Butter ‘butter’ (see 2).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places called Bulmer, in North Yorkshire and Essex, or from Boulmer in Northumberland. The first, recorded in Domesday Book as Bolemere, is named in Old English with bula ‘bull’ + mere ‘lake’, as is Boulmer; the second, found in early records as Bulenemera, is from bulena (genitive plural of bula) + mere ‘lake’.
Female
English
Pet form of English Elizabeth, BUFFY means "God is my oath."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker or seller of buttons, Old French boutonier, from bo(u)ton ‘knob’, ‘lump’, specialized to mean ‘button’.Altered spelling of German Büttner (see Buettner).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly an unflattering nickname for a boastful, swaggering person (one who huffs and puffs).German (Hüffer) : from the Germanic personal name Hugifrid, composed of hug ‘head’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ + frid ‘peace’.North German (Hüffer) : status name for a prosperous small farmer. Compare South German Huber.German : probably an American spelling of Hof or Hoff.
Surname or Lastname
variant of German Pfeffer.English
variant of German Pfeffer.English : metonymic occupational name or nickname from Anglo-Norman French pivre ‘pepper’ (see Pepper).
Surname or Lastname
Altered spelling of French Duffet, variant of Dufay (see Duffee).English
Altered spelling of French Duffet, variant of Dufay (see Duffee).English : nickname from Middle English d(o)uve, dofe ‘dove’ + hed ‘head’ or fote ‘foot’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, from Middle English burn ‘stream’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
Male
English
English slang term for someone who breaks things transferred to forename use, originally derived from the verb bust, BUSTER means "to break, smash," hence "breaker, destroyer, smasher."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname, of Norman origin, for a reliable or good-hearted person, from Old French bon ‘good’ + cuer ‘heart’ (Latin cor).German : variant of Boenker.Bunker Hill in Charlestown, MA, was named as land assigned in 1634 to George Bunker of Charlestown, who had emigrated from Odell in Bedfordshire, England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Butcher.German : topographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or beech wood, from Middle High German buoche ‘beech tree’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.German : habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Buch.French (Bûcher) : occupational name for a logger or woodsman, from a derivative of buche ‘log’.One of the earliest immigrants of the Bucher family came from Würzenhaus, Switzerland, to Philadelphia in 1735.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French cof(f)re ‘chest’, ‘box’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of coffers or chests or, by extension, for a treasurer.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kaufer or Kauffer (see Kaufer).
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : from a word that originally denoted a wine steward, usually the chief servant of a medieval household, from Norman French butuiller (Old French bouteillier, Latin buticularius, from buticula ‘bottle’). In the large households of royalty and the most powerful nobility, the title came to denote an officer of high rank and responsibility, only nominally concerned with the supply of wine, if at all.Anglicized form of French Boutilier.Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine) : occupational name for a bottle maker, from Yiddish butl ‘bottle’ + the agent suffix -er.This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. William Butler was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname for a greedy person, from Old French saffre ‘glutton’.South German : topographic name for someone living in a damp depression.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Safir.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly of Flemish origin, from a pet form of the Germanic personal name Bufo.English : alternatively, perhaps, from a diminutive of Old French bufe, buffe ‘blow’, ‘slap in the face’, hence probably a nickname for a rough or uncouth man.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : variant of Rufer.German : variant of Roffers.English : variant of Rover 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bolger.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Burger.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a scribe or copyist, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French bulle ‘letter’, ‘document’.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from a place in Normandy that has not been identified. If it is Bouillé, and so identical with Bulley 1, the -er(s) may have arisen by analogy with other Norman place names in -ière(s) (see for example Villers).German : nickname for a man with a loud voice, from an agent derivative of Middle High German bullen ‘to roar’ (of imitative origin).
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Boy/Male
Hindu
A vedic composition, Secret text
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Teutonic
Lion.
Girl/Female
Japanese
arrow;pledge.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, French, German, Greek
Defender of Man; Helper
Girl/Female
American, Australian
Exalted One
Girl/Female
Tamil
New, ***
Girl/Female
Indian
Right guidance, Happy, Scholar, Lady indian priest who full fill particularly completing the vedic haven
Boy/Male
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Name of a Saint; Divinely Inspired Sage
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English
Wealthy Ruler
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v. t.
To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.
n.
One who polishes with a buff.
v. t.
To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer.
n.
Comic opera. See Opera Bouffe.
n.
One who buffets; a boxer.
v. i.
A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
v. i.
To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety.
v. t.
To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.
v. t.
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
n.
Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chlorides, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter.
v. t.
To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer.
n.
Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
n.
The eelpout; guffer eel.
v. t.
To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage.
n.
A sort of coarse stuff; as, buffin gowns.
n.
A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.
n.
A wheel for buffing; a buff.
n.
An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.
v. t.
To put into a coffer.
v. t.
To cover or spread with butter.