buffin

plural buffins

1. countableobsoleteuncountableA sort of coarse material, of unknown manufacture.

   buffin gowns

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   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.

   1968 [1540], John Nevinson, transl., Raffella of Master Alexander Piccolomini: Or Rather, A Dialogue of the Fair Perfectioning of Ladies, translation of La Raffaella, ovvero, Dialogo della bella creanza delle donne by Alessandro Piccolomini, page 35

   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.

   2013 September 27, Drea Leed, “William Wray, Haberdasher”, in Lizapalooza: Historic Costume Research, Recreation, and Ruminations, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2014

plural buffins

1. USA snack food resembling a biscuit and a muffin.

plural Buffins

1. A surname.