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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BUFFY
BUFFY
Buff
"y, a. (
Med.
)
Defn:
Resembling,
or
characterized
by,
buff.
Buffy
coat,
the
coagulated
plasma
of
blood
when
the
red
corpuscles
have
so
settled
out
that
the
coagulum
appears
nearly
colorless.
This
is
common
in
diseased
conditions
where
the
corpuscles
run
together
more
rapidly
and
in
denser
masses
than
usual.
Huxley.