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American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1
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Buffet
BUFF’ET, n. A cupboard, or set of shelves, for plates, glass, china and other like furniture. It was formerly and is still in some parts of the country, an apartment erected on one side of a room; but in more fashionable houses,it has been laid aside, and a side board substituted, which is now considered as the buffet. But as far as my knowledge extends, the name has become, in a great measure, obsolete, except among the common people,by whom it is pronounced bofat.
BUFF’ET, n. A blow with the fist; a box on the ear or face; a slap.
BUFF’ET, v.t. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat.
They spit in his face and buffetted him. Math.26.
1. To beat in contention; to contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
BUFF’ET, v.i. To exercise or play at boxing.
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Chicago:
Noah Webster Jr., "Buffet," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 8, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L96KZJHU8CE3B1C.
MLA:
Webster, Noah, Jr. "Buffet." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 8 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L96KZJHU8CE3B1C.
Harvard:
Webster, N, 'Buffet' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 8 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L96KZJHU8CE3B1C.
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