Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From buff + -er.
From buff + -er.
Such a buffer as Donnelly, / Ereland never again will see.1821, Pierce Egan (the Elder), Boxiana; or, Sketches of antient and modern pugilism (page 117)
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es escrepa (someone or something that buffs) · fi kiillotuskone (someone or something that buffs) · fi kiillottaja (someone or something that buffs)
Etymology tree Old French buffeder. Middle English buff Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English buffer Agent noun from obsolete verb buff (“make a dull sound when struck”) (mid-16c.), from Old French buffe (“blow”). The “boatswain's mate” sense is said to be popularly explained by the mate being a “buffer”, that is intermediary, between officers and men, but various other explanations have also been proposed.
1885, W. S. Gilbert, The Mikado, Act II, in The Mikado, and Other Plays, New York: Modern Library, 1917, p. 42, https://archive.org/details/mikadootherplays00gilb The idiot who, in railway carriages, / Scribbles on window panes, / We only suffer / To ride on a buffer / In Parliamentary trains.
The underframe, which has been designed to take buffing loads of 200 tons both on the centre coupler and on the retractable side buffers, consists of two centre girders from which cantilevers project to support the solebars, which in turn carry the bodyside structure.1951 May, “British Railways Standard Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 327:
Then, with a shock like a thousand goods trains crashing into a thousand pairs of buffers, the lips of rock closed.1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 14, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998:
Of course, I was not always right. I questioned the value of Crossrail (a scheme revived by Prescott after being scrapped by the Conservatives), suggesting wrongly that it may be "doomed to hit the buffers" […]. A dozen years later, I published my book on it, extolling the line's wonders. We are all allowed to change our minds.2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 61:
I keep a savings buffer of three months' worth of living expenses.
An utterly emphatic 5-0 victory was ultimately capped by two wonder strikes in the last two minutes from Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner. Before that, England had utterly dominated to take another purposeful stride towards the 2013 European Championship in Israel. They have already established a five-point buffer at the top of Group Eight.2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph:
I happen to be on the brow handing my Bosun's Mate duties over to an Ordinary Seaman when the Buffer arrives with an unofficial Side-Party to man the brow with Bosun's Calls at the ready.2015, Peter Broadbent, A Singapore Fling: An AB's Far-Flung Adventure:
He decided to run for president of the POs' Mess against the Buffer, Chief Bosun's Mate Mal Crane, but the two had a face-to-face in his cabin one night in Narvik and sorted it out.2001, Mark Higgitt, Through Fire and Water, page 43:
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non-direct buffer · multibuffer · cryobuffer · ring buffer · w-buffer · framebuffer · buffer stock · buffer stop · stencil buffer · bufferize · circular buffer · buffer beam · sidebuffer · bufferbloat · volatility buffer · bufferless · riparian buffer · G-buffer · track buffer · buffer overrun · disk buffer · buffer overflow · buffer state · back buffer · bufferhead · buffer solution · immunobuffer · buffer zone · buffer underrun · direct buffer · shadow buffer · buffer car · gap buffer · printer buffer · z-buffer
fi puskuri (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · fr tampon (rail transport: barrier that absorbs the impact of a train) · eo bufro (solution to stabilize pH) · nl buffer (rail transport: barrier that absorbs the impact of a train) · vi bộ đệm (portion of memory in computing) · it soluzione tampone (solution to stabilize pH) · vi vùng nhớ đệm (portion of memory in computing) · bg бу́фер (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · lt buferis (portion of memory in computing) · bg бу́фер (rail transport: barrier that absorbs the impact of a train) · mi mehanga whakatautika (solution to stabilize pH) · oc solucion tampon (solution to stabilize pH) · es amortiguamiento (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · es memoria intermedia (portion of memory in computing) · sv buffert (solution to stabilize pH) · la conditorium intermedium (portion of memory in computing) · de Puffer (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · es mediador (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · pl zderzak (rail transport: barrier that absorbs the impact of a train) · es disolución reguladora (solution to stabilize pH) · es amortiguador (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · ja バッファ (portion of memory in computing) · it respingente (rail transport: barrier that absorbs the impact of a train) · bg бу́фер (solution to stabilize pH) · hy թափարգել (rail transport: barrier that absorbs the impact of a train) · el πρόσκαιρη μνήμη (portion of memory in computing) · pt buffer (portion of memory in computing) · ro tampon (rail transport: barrier that absorbs the impact of a train) · fr tampon (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · sv buffertlösning (solution to stabilize pH) · cmn 緩衝器 /缓冲器 (portion of memory in computing) · la memoria intermedia (portion of memory in computing) · da puffer (solution to stabilize pH) · de Puffer (rail transport: barrier that absorbs the impact of a train) · eo bufro (portion of memory in computing) · id bufer (solution to stabilize pH) · sv buffert (rail transport: barrier that absorbs the impact of a train) · es antememoria (portion of memory in computing) · sv buffertminne (portion of memory in computing) · cmn 缓冲区 (portion of memory in computing) · mi pūreirei (portion of memory in computing) · de Puffer (portion of memory in computing) · he חוֹצֵץ (portion of memory in computing) · es tampón (solution to stabilize pH) · es aislante (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · es búfer (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · es parachoques (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · fi puskuri (portion of memory in computing) · tr arabellek (portion of memory in computing) · ca topall (rail transport: barrier that absorbs the impact of a train) · mi tauārai (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · es buffer (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · es solución amortiguadora (solution to stabilize pH) · is biðminni (portion of memory in computing) · es intercesor (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · pl bufor (solution to stabilize pH) · cs vyrovnávací paměť (portion of memory in computing) · fi puskuriliuos (solution to stabilize pH) · et puhver (portion of memory in computing) · nb buffer (portion of memory in computing) · sv buffert (portion of memory in computing) · fr solution tampon (solution to stabilize pH) · es aislador (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · mk пуфер (solution to stabilize pH) · cy byffer (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · ja バッファー (portion of memory in computing) · ca solució amortidora (solution to stabilize pH) · fa بافر (portion of memory in computing) · bg бу́фер (portion of memory in computing) · nl buffermengsel (solution to stabilize pH) · id dapar (solution to stabilize pH) · id penyangga (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · el ρυθμιστικό διάλυμα (solution to stabilize pH) · fr mémoire tampon (portion of memory in computing) · cs buffer (portion of memory in computing) · vi bộ nhớ đệm (portion of memory in computing) · nl buffer (portion of memory in computing) · da buffer (solution to stabilize pH) · fr tampon (portion of memory in computing) · fi puskuri (solution to stabilize pH) · ru бу́фер (portion of memory in computing) · pt solução tampão (solution to stabilize pH) · de Pufferspeicher (portion of memory in computing) · id dapar (portion of memory in computing) · ro memorie intermediară (portion of memory in computing) · ro memorie tampon (portion of memory in computing) · oc memòria tampon (portion of memory in computing) · el ενδιάμεση μνήμη (portion of memory in computing) · mi pākai (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · eo bufro (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another) · ca amortidor (solution to stabilize pH) · sh međuspremnik (portion of memory in computing) · pl bufor (portion of memory in computing)
Etymology tree Old French buffeder. Middle English buff Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English buffer Agent noun from obsolete verb buff (“make a dull sound when struck”) (mid-16c.), from Old French buffe (“blow”). The “boatswain's mate” sense is said to be popularly explained by the mate being a “buffer”, that is intermediary, between officers and men, but various other explanations have also been proposed.
The electronic apparatus is designed to buffer up the sorted wagons in the sidings at a speed not exceeding 4.7 m.p.h.—a particularly important provision in this yard, with its substantial traffic in whisky.1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 274:
Some games let you buffer jumps—if you hold the jump button mid-air, your character will jump as soon as they touch the ground.
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| buffered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| buffered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| buffers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| buffering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
rebuffer · unbuffer · pause buffer · debuffer · buffer up · bufferable · prebuffer
pt tamponar (maintain a given acidity) · nl inperken (to isolate, to minimise the impacts of (one thing on another)) · es amortiguar (to isolate, to minimise the impacts of (one thing on another)) · mi tauārai (to isolate, to minimise the impacts of (one thing on another)) · it tamponare (maintain a given acidity) · es tamponar (maintain a given acidity) · es interceder (to isolate, to minimise the impacts of (one thing on another)) · fi puskuroida (maintain a given acidity) · fi eristää (to isolate, to minimise the impacts of (one thing on another)) · mi whakatautika (maintain a given acidity) · fr tamponner (maintain a given acidity) · fi puskuroida (to isolate, to minimise the impacts of (one thing on another)) · es aislar (to isolate, to minimise the impacts of (one thing on another)) · es mediar (to isolate, to minimise the impacts of (one thing on another))
Here, too, are Boots and Brewer, and the two other Buffers; each Buffer with a flower in his button-hole, his hair curled, and his gloves buttoned on tight, apparently come prepared, if anything had happened to the bridegroom, to be married instantly.1864-1865, Charles Dickens, “Book The First, chapter 10 "A Marriage Contract"”, in Our Mutual Friend, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2014:
I can’t expect two youngsters like you to find it much fun talking to an old buffer like me.1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC:
Lastly, the looking-glass reflects Boots and Brewer, and two other stuffed Buffers interposed between the rest of the company and possible accidents.1864-1865, Charles Dickens, “Book The First, chapter 2 "The Man from Somewhere"”, in Our Mutual Friend, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2014:
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In reference to buff leather.
Who does not remember that adorable little dog, and that last Christmas season at Olympia, when the Whimmy we had all loved had been dead a month or so, and his buffer ran disconsolately round the circus, pining […]1934, The Sawdust Ring, page 27:
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