buff vs glaze

buff

verb
  • To polish and make shiny by rubbing. 

  • To strike. 

  • To make a character or an item stronger. 

  • To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner. 

noun
  • Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits. 

  • Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. 

  • A military coat made of buff leather. 

  • A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo. 

  • The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. 

  • Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition. 

  • A brownish yellow colour. 

  • A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing. 

  • A person who is very interested in a particular subject. 

  • An effect that makes a character or item stronger. 

  • The bare skin. 

adj
  • Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow. 

  • Physically attractive. 

  • Unusually muscular. 

glaze

verb
  • To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating. 

  • For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance. 

  • To become glazed or glassy. 

  • To install windows. 

noun
  • A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint. 

  • A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice. 

  • A smooth edible coating applied to food. 

  • A glazing oven; glost oven. 

  • The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb). 

  • Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes. 

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