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BUFF (from Fr. bu.ffie, a buffalo)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 754 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BUFF (from Fr. bu.ffie, a
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buffalo)
  , a leather originally made from the skin of the
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buffalo, now also from the skins of other animals, of a dull pale yellow colour, used for making the buff-coat or
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jerkin, a leathern military coat . The old 3rd
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Foot regiment of the
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line in the
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British army (now the East Kent Regiment), and the old 78th Foot (now 2nd
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battalion Seaforth Highlanders), are called the" Buffs "and the" Ross-
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shire Buffs " respectively, from the yellow or buff-colour of their facings . The
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term is commonly used now of the colour alone .

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