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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
Software anomaly
In software, a stack buffer overflow or stack buffer overrun occurs when a program writes to a memory address on the program's call stack outside of the
Stack_buffer_overflow
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
Topics referred to by the same term
represent Buffer overflow, a situation whereby the incoming data size exceeds that which can be accommodated by a buffer. Heap overflow, a type of buffer overflow
Overflow
Computer fault caused by access to restricted memory
points to memory that has been freed/deallocated/deleted) A buffer overflow A stack overflow Attempting to execute a program that does not compile correctly
Segmentation_fault
Software development methodology
engineering. Buffer overflows, a common software security vulnerability, happen when a process tries to store data beyond a fixed-length buffer. For example
Secure_coding
Computer arithmetic error
unexpectedly small, potentially leading to a buffer overflow which, depending on the use of the buffer, might in turn cause arbitrary code execution
Integer_overflow
Standard library for the C programming language
possible buffer overflows if the bounds are not checked manually; string routines in general, for side-effects, encouraging irresponsible buffer usage,
C_standard_library
Theoretical video buffer model
before the buffer overflows. A larger buffer size simply means that the decoder will tolerate high bitrates for longer periods of time, but no buffer is infinite
Video_buffering_verifier
Tool to detect memory-related bugs
delete [] array; return res; } ==25372==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x61400000ffd4 at pc 0x0000004ddb59 bp 0x7fffea6005a0 sp
Code_sanitizer
Type of software bug
similar to a buffer overflow), the stack is said to overflow, typically resulting in a program crash. The most common cause of stack overflow is excessively
Stack_overflow
High-level programming language
Corporation, Buffer overflow in crypto.signText() Archived 2014-06-04 at the Wayback Machine Festa, Paul (19 August 1998). "Buffer-overflow bug in IE".
JavaScript
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
Memory used temporarily in data transfers
computer. Buffer overflow Buffer underrun Circular buffer Disk buffer Streaming media Frame buffer for use in graphical display Double buffering and Triple
Data_buffer
Computer feature
security, safety, catching all attempts at out-of-bounds access and buffer overflow. Descriptors are a form of capability system. The development of the
Burroughs large systems descriptors
Burroughs_large_systems_descriptors
Computer security exploit technique
Windows provided no buffer-overrun protections until 2004. Eventually, operating systems began to combat the exploitation of buffer overflow bugs by marking
Return-oriented_programming
Computer worm
vulnerability known as a buffer overflow. It did this by using a long string of the repeated letter 'N' to overflow a buffer, allowing the worm to execute
Code_Red_(computer_worm)
State when an empty buffer is read from
term as defined above is distinct from buffer overflow, a condition where a portion of memory forms a buffer of a fixed size yet is filled with more
Buffer_underrun
System-on-a-chip designed by Apple Inc.
synchronous mode. The system operates continuously to defend against buffer overflow and use-after-free vulnerabilities while protecting against side-channel
Apple_A19
Concept in computer security
such as the stack and heap, as non-executable, helping to prevent buffer overflow exploits. These attacks rely on some part of memory, usually the stack
Executable-space_protection
Method of compromising a host OS though the VM
feature for VMware CVE-2008-1943 Xen Para Virtualized Frame Buffer backend buffer overflow. CVE-2009-1244 Cloudburst: VM display function in VMware CVE-2011-1751
Virtual_machine_escape
Topics referred to by the same term
stack overflow is a programming error when too much memory is used on the call stack. Stack overflow may also refer to: Stack buffer overflow, when a
Stack overflow (disambiguation)
Stack_overflow_(disambiguation)
Software development kit
that connected to the malicious user's ADB server. The client had a buffer overflow vulnerability and wasn't compiled with any hardening options like a
Android_SDK
2003 Windows computer worm
allowed for execution of the attack. The worm spreads by exploiting a buffer overflow discovered by the Polish security research group Last Stage of Delirium
Blaster_(computer_worm)
Unix-like operating system
which eliminates certain buffer overflows and buffer management problems. Also, many exploits work by overrunning a buffer to trick the program into
Minix_3
Data structure in computer science
item) { if ((writeIndx + 1) % N == readIndx) { // buffer is full, avoid overflow return 0; } buffer[writeIndx] = item; writeIndx = (writeIndx + 1) % N;
Circular_buffer
Unexpected program exit due to an error
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)
Open-source mail transfer agent
US-CERT Alerts. Archived from the original on 2006-04-08. "CA-2003-25 Buffer Overflow in Sendmail". CERT Advisories. 31 December 2003. Archived from the
Sendmail
System-on-a-chip series designed by Apple Inc.
Tagging Extension (EMTE) in synchronous mode. The system defends against buffer overflow and use-after-free vulnerabilities and protects against side-channel
Apple_M5
Computer security attack
"return-to-libc" attack is a computer security attack usually starting with a buffer overflow in which a subroutine return address on a call stack is replaced by
Return-to-libc_attack
Computer language security feature
sites which are attacked using techniques such as SQL injection or buffer overflow attack approaches. The concept behind taint checking is that any variable
Taint_checking
Method of using software to modify the intended behavior of hardware
Exploit — allows the PlayStation 2 to run homebrew by exploiting a buffer overflow in the BIOS code responsible for loading original PlayStation games
Softmod
Loa of Haitian Vodou, Louisiana Voodoo and folk beliefs
Last Jam. A privilege escalation vulnerability caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the computer program sudo was named "Baron Samedit" as a combination
Baron_Samedi
Swiss mobile game publisher
Miniclip: The Retro64 / Miniclip CR64 Loader ActiveX control contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. This may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to
Miniclip
Linux computer virus
Linux system via three known kernel vulnerabilities: mount buffer overflow, tip buffer overflow and one suidperl bug, which allow it to remain resident on
Staog
Code intended as a payload to exploit a software vulnerability
exploiting a vulnerability can be achieved by causing an error such as buffer overflow. If successful, the shellcode enables access to the machine via the
Shellcode
Concept in computer security
inputs in an exploit. In a classical attack taking advantage of a stack buffer overflow, the input given to a vulnerable program is crafted and delivered so
Weird_machine
Family of botnet computer worms
DCOM Remote Buffer Overflow (CVE-2003-0352) MS04-011 LSASS Remote Buffer Overflow (CVE-2003-0533) MS05-039 Plug and Play Remote Buffer Overflow (CVE-2005-1983)
Agobot
State of being protected from memory access bugs
security vulnerabilities when dealing with memory access, such as buffer overflows and dangling pointers. For example, Java is memory-safe because its
Memory_safety
2004 computer worm
Update. The worm was named Sasser because it spreads by exploiting a buffer overflow in the component known as LSASS (Local Security Authority Subsystem
Sasser_(computer_worm)
1988 Internet worm
including: A hole in the debug mode of the Unix sendmail program A buffer overflow or overrun hole in the finger network service The transitive trust
Morris_worm
once, the keyboard buffer overflows and will emit a beep from the computer's internal speaker. The use of keyboard buffers is sometimes known from the
Keyboard_buffer
Computer file format for a multimedia playlist
buffer overflow in Apple iTunes before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands". cve.circl.lu. "CVE-2000-0624: Buffer overflow in
M3U
Dynamic memory management in the C programming language
the implementation usually needs to be a part of the malloc library. Buffer overflow Memory debugger Memory protection Page size Variable-length array 7
C_dynamic_memory_allocation
Technology used in CPUs
into another program’s data storage area and execute it, such as in a buffer overflow attack. The term "NX bit" was introduced by Advanced Micro Devices
NX_bit
General-purpose programming language
standard part of C, such as bounds checking for arrays, detection of buffer overflow, serialization, dynamic memory tracking, and automatic garbage collection
C_(programming_language)
Sequence of characters, data type
representations requiring a terminating character are commonly susceptible to buffer overflow problems if the terminating character is not present, caused by a coding
String_(computer_science)
Concept in computer security
protecting a procedure's stored return address, such as from a stack buffer overflow or a Call Stack Spoofing. The shadow stack itself is a second, separate
Shadow_stack
American computer security expert
information and security vulnerabilities. In addition to pioneering buffer overflow work, the security advisories he released contained early examples
Peiter_Zatko
Malicious archive file designed to disrupt the program or system reading it
are performed on archives to help prevent attacks that would cause a buffer overflow, an out-of-memory condition, or exceed an acceptable amount of program
Zip_bomb
Source code that alters its instructions to the hardware while executing
where code accidentally modifies itself due to an error such as a buffer overflow. Self-modifying code can involve overwriting existing instructions
Self-modifying_code
1999 Microsoft operating system version
malicious programs exploiting the IIS services – specifically a notorious buffer overflow tendency. This tendency is not operating-system-version specific, but
Windows_2000
Computer memory management methodology
security so that operations cannot overflow or underflow the referenced block (commonly known as buffer overflow). Descriptors themselves are protected
Memory_management
How software progresses through its implementation
variety of control-flow integrity techniques, including stack canaries, buffer overflow protection, shadow stacks, and vtable pointer verification, are used
Control_flow
In programming, detecting whether a variable is within given bounds before use
program to malfunction or crash or enable security vulnerabilities (see buffer overflow), index checking is a part of many high-level languages. Early compiled
Bounds_checking
Arbitrary code execution exploit
an attacker controlling the call stack, for example through a stack buffer overflow, is able to influence the control flow of the program through simple
Sigreturn-oriented programming
Sigreturn-oriented_programming
Exploitable weakness in a computer system
sufficient to prevent the attacker from injecting malicious code. Buffer overflow exploits, buffer underflow exploits, and boundary condition exploits typically
Vulnerability (computer security)
Vulnerability_(computer_security)
Standard for assessing computer system vulnerabilities
are concatenated to produce the CVSS Vector for the vulnerability. A buffer overflow vulnerability affects web server software that allows a remote user
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Common_Vulnerability_Scoring_System
Cryptographic protocols for securing data in transit
HTML created a buffer overflow error on Cloudflare servers. Similar in its effects to the Heartbleed bug discovered in 2014, this overflow error, widely
Transport_Layer_Security
2003 computer worm
most of its 75,000 victims within 10 minutes. The program exploited a buffer overflow bug in Microsoft's SQL Server and Desktop Engine database products
SQL_Slammer
Security and privacy features of the iOS operating system
to be marked as non-executable, working alongside ASLR to prevent buffer overflow attacks including return-to-libc attacks. As mentioned above, one use
Security_and_privacy_of_iOS
Sequence in no-operation instructions
known technique for exploiting stack buffer overflows. It solves the problem of finding the exact address of the buffer by effectively increasing the size
NOP_slide
Discouragement of use of a technology, feature, design, or practice
function is very dangerous because it provides no protection against overflowing the string s. The GNU library includes it for compatibility only. You
Deprecation
Catalog of software weaknesses and vulnerabilities
released in July 2024. CWE has over 600 categories, including classes for buffer overflows, path/directory tree traversal errors, race conditions, cross-site
Common_Weakness_Enumeration
Cyber attack where any code can be run
commands or code. For example: Memory safety vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows or over-reads. Deserialization vulnerabilities Type confusion vulnerabilities
Arbitrary_code_execution
Process of increasing the security of a system
For example, one binary hardening technique is to detect potential buffer overflows and to substitute the existing code with safer code. The advantage
Hardening_(computing)
Networking protocol for clock synchronization
undergone security audits from several sources for several years. A stack buffer overflow exploit was discovered and patched in 2014. Apple was concerned enough
Network_Time_Protocol
Control system architecture for supervision of machines and processes
Security researcher Jerry Brown submitted a similar advisory regarding a buffer overflow vulnerability in a Wonderware InBatchClient ActiveX control. Both vendors
SCADA
Password recovery software
developer of the Norton family of computer security software) identified a buffer overflow vulnerability in version 4.9.24 that allowed for remote code execution
Cain_and_Abel_(software)
Security features as used in OpenBSD operating system
it harder for programmers to accidentally leave buffers unterminated or allow them to be overflowed. They have been adopted by the NetBSD and FreeBSD
OpenBSD_security_features
Information security awards
PrintNightmare. Best Client-Side Bug: Gunnar Alendal's discovery of a buffer overflow on the Samsung Galaxy S20's secure chip. Most Under-Hyped Research:
Pwnie_Awards
Type of software bug
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
Computer security technique
which could defeat ASLR in a web browser using JavaScript. Buffer overflow Stack buffer overflow Stack-smashing protection NX bit Marco-Gisbert, Hector;
Address space layout randomization
Address_space_layout_randomization
Type of denial-of-service software attack
via YouTube. Michal Zalewski (August 19, 1999). "[RHSA-1999:028-01] Buffer overflow in libtermcap tgetent()". Newsgroup: muc.lists.bugtraq. Retrieved December
Fork_bomb
Abstract data type
unauthorized operations. This type of attack is a variation on the buffer overflow attack and is an extremely frequent source of security breaches in
Stack_(abstract_data_type)
Software development methodology
input. This particular bug demonstrates a vulnerability which enables buffer overflow exploits. Here is a solution to this example: int secure_programming(char
Defensive_programming
Chinese censorship software
al. indicated the existence of buffer overflow vulnerabilities which they ascribed to programming errors. Buffer overflow may occur when the software performs
Green_Dam_Youth_Escort
Software graphics library
Tag Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Archived 2010-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Release Date:2005-05-11 - Secunia Advisories Stack-based buffer overflow in
LibTIFF
Concept in assembly language programming
function. Function prologue and epilogue also sometimes contain code for buffer overflow protection. A function prologue typically does the following actions
Function prologue and epilogue
Function_prologue_and_epilogue
Pointer that does not point to a valid object
this feature may be considered bad * style if not commented */ } Like buffer-overflow bugs, dangling/wild pointer bugs frequently become security holes.
Dangling_pointer
Comprehensive analysis of software source code
vsprintf, and sscanf) that could lead to a buffer overflow vulnerability Pointer manipulation of buffers that may interfere with later bounds checking
Code_audit
Computer exploit using just-in-time compilation
redirect code execution into the newly generated code. For example, a buffer overflow or use after free bug could allow the attack to modify a function pointer
JIT_spraying
Sports season
GPone. Buffer Overflow S.r.l. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011. "Rossi signs for Matteoni, but it's Louis". GPone. Buffer Overflow S.r.l. 15
2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
2011_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season
Excessive access to computer resources
run under the Local System user account. A vulnerability such as a buffer overflow may be used to execute arbitrary code with privilege elevated to Local
Privilege_escalation
C++ syntax for specifying placement of objects in memory
the exploits on placement new. Some of the attacks are buffer overflow attacks, object overflow, selective stackguard overriding, virtual pointer subterfuge
Placement_syntax
Russian computer security specialist (born 1977)
including the return-to-libc attack and the first generic heap-based buffer overflow exploitation technique, as well as computer security protection techniques
Solar_Designer
American computer programmer
administration tool. He is also well known as the author of "The Tao of Windows Buffer Overflow." "L0pht in Transition". April 2007. Archived from the original on
Christien_Rioux
Software bug
Bounds checking can prevent buffer over-reads, while fuzz testing can help detect them. Computer programming portal Buffer overflow Computer security Type
Buffer_over-read
Software that manages computer hardware resources
Despite attempts to protect against them, vulnerabilities are caused by buffer overflow attacks, which are enabled by the lack of bounds checking. Hardware
Operating_system
XP. Windows XP has been criticized for its vulnerabilities due to buffer overflows and its susceptibility to malware such as viruses, trojan horses, and
Criticism_of_Windows_XP
German computer security software company
were supplied until June 2016. In 2005, Avira was hit by ACE archive buffer overflow vulnerability. A remote attacker could have exploited this vulnerability
Avira
Data structure used in computer programs
exploitable through stack buffer overflows, which are the most common type of buffer overflow. One such attack involves filling one buffer with arbitrary executable
Call_stack
Control of access to computer networks
Type of attack on a computer network Buffer overflow – Anomaly in computer security and programming Heap overflow – Software anomaly Format string attack –
Network_security
Attack on a computer system by pinging a computer
However, when the target computer reassembles the malformed packet, a buffer overflow can occur, causing a system crash and potentially allowing the injection
Ping_of_death
Computer operating system component
of the trusted system file. The Sasser worm spreads by exploiting a buffer overflow in the LSASS on Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems. "Configuring
Local Security Authority Subsystem Service
Local_Security_Authority_Subsystem_Service
Operating system
the original on 6 January 2012. "OpenBSD's IPv6 mbufs remote kernel buffer overflow". Core Security Technologies. 13 March 2007. Archived from the original
OpenBSD
Security issue for web applications
Twitter and Facebook. Cross-site scripting flaws have since surpassed buffer overflows to become the most common publicly reported security vulnerability
Cross-site_scripting
Method of attack on computer systems
Some common methods include: Buffer overflow – Attackers send more data to a buffer than it can handle, causing it to overflow and overwrite adjacent memory
Exploit_(computer_security)
2003 book by Jon "Smibbs" Erickson
basic assembly programming. The demonstrated attacks range from simple buffer overflows on the stack to techniques involving overwriting the Global Offset
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation
Hacking:_The_Art_of_Exploitation
Polish hacker (born 1981)
January 24, 2012. "CA-2003-25 Buffer Overflow in Sendmail". CERT Advisories. Retrieved August 22, 2005. "CA-2003-12 Buffer Overflow in Sendmail". CERT Advisories
Michał_Zalewski
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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 : 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 : 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
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 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 : variant of Burger.
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.
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
English : variant of Duffield.
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’.
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 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.
Female
English
Pet form of English Elizabeth, BUFFY means "God is my oath."
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).
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
variant of German Pfeffer.English
variant of German Pfeffer.English : metonymic occupational name or nickname from Anglo-Norman French pivre ‘pepper’ (see Pepper).
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 : 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.
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Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Holy Place of God
Girl/Female
Arabic, Hebrew, Muslim
Gift
Boy/Male
Arabic
Like an Angel
Female
Czechoslovakian
, stranger.
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Son of Baird.
Male
African
night.
Girl/Female
Indian, Sikh
Intelligent
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Vasiliy, VASSILY means "king."
Female
African
mother of the nation.
Boy/Male
German, Hebrew
Wise Man; Old Man
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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.
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.
n.
One who buffets; a boxer.
v. t.
To put into a coffer.
v. t.
To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.
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 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.
The eelpout; guffer eel.
v. t.
To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer.
n.
Comic opera. See Opera Bouffe.
v. t.
To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer.
n.
A wheel for buffing; a buff.
v. t.
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
n.
Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
n.
One who polishes with 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.
n.
A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.
v. t.
To cover or spread with butter.
n.
A sort of coarse stuff; as, buffin gowns.