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Webster 1913 Edition


Buffeting

Buf′fet-ing

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Noun.
1.
A striking with the hand.
2.
A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity.
He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but . . . fitted to endure the
buffeting
on the rudest storm.
Wirt.

Webster 1828 Edition


Buffeting

BUFF'ETING

,
ppr.
Striking with the hand; boxing; contending against.

BUFF'ETING

,
Noun.
A striking with the hand.
1.
Contention; attack; opposition.
He seems to have been a plant of slow growth,but formed for duration, and fitted to endure the buffetings of the rudest storm.