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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1566-1645
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Buffing, n.1 Also: buffen, -ein, -on. [Northern e.m.E. buffin (1572). Cf. Buffit ppl. a.] A puffed part of a pair of breeches.(a) 1566 Treasurer's Accounts XI. 523.
ij elnis of claith to be lynyng. Item, for buffing [pr. bussing] 1573 Edinburgh Testaments III. 1.
Ane pair of new serge daskane breikis with buffingis & schort hois 1574 Treasurer's Accounts MS. 192.
vj elnis of holand claith to be buffingis and lynningis to thame 1582 Elgin Rec. I. 165.
The pair of schankis, tua pair of breikis, and ane pair of buffingis 1604 Tailor's Acc. Bk. MS. 27.
Fyve ellis of stenting to be ane buffing to thame 1645 Edinburgh Testaments LXI. 152.
Certane buffinges and rolles estimat all to c lib.(b) 1576 Edinburgh Testaments IV. 338 b.
Ane pair of schankis … with ane pair of buffenis efferand thairto 1580 Treasurer's Accounts MS. 34.
Thrie elnis of freis to be buffonis 1582 Edinburgh Testaments XI. 34.
Ane payr of gray schankis and ane pair of gray lynning buffeins
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