Buffer

of a railway carriage is an apparatus to rebuff or deaden the force of collision.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Buddhism
Buddhist
Bude or Gurney Light
Budge
Budge (To)
Budge Baehelors
Budget
Buff
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Robe (A)
Buffer
Buffer (A)
Buffoon
Buffoons
Buffs
Bugaboo
Bugbear
Buggy
Buhl-work
Build
Build