buffin — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

rash

VERB + BUFFIN

bought, passed

BUFFIN + NOUN

cloth, gowns, jean, sackcloth

PREP.

through

Definitions

noun

1

A sort of coarse material, of unknown manufacture.

buffin gowns

I will tell thee, albeit that I know thou wilt not understand me. One takes the finest true silver and quicksilver passed through buffin cloth, and when blended together they are ground for a day in the same direction with a little fine sugar.

name

1

A surname.

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buffin gowns

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02

I will tell thee, albeit that I know thou wilt not understand me. One takes the finest true silver and quicksilver passed through buffin cloth, and when blended together they are ground for a day in t

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03

The fabrics he bought–buffin, sackcloth, rash, jean fustian and milan fustian, durance–were modestly priced, affordable by the merchants and well-to-do yeomen of the town.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, buffin is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.