buff vs hazel

buff

noun
  • A brownish yellow colour. 

  • 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 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. 

verb
  • To strike. 

  • To polish and make shiny by rubbing. 

  • To make a character or an item stronger. 

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

hazel

noun
  • A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut. 

  • The wood of a hazelnut tree. 

  • Freestone. 

  • The nut of the hazel tree. 

  • A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts. 

adj
  • Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour) 

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