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Buf′fing and Pol′ish-ing ma-chine′.

One having a wheel covered with what is technically known as buff-leather, though not usually made of buffalo-hide. The leather holds the polishing material, crocus, rouge, or what not. Buffing has come to mean polishing, from the derived name of the material which is used in applying the polishing material.

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