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bufflehead

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUFFLE

n.The buffalo.

 

BUFFLE

v.i.To puzzle; to be at a loss. This is probably the same word as baffle.

 

BUFFLE-HEAD

n.[buffle and head. ] One who has a large head.

 

BUFFLE-HEADED

a.Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; foolish.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BUFFLE

Buf "fle, n. Etym: [OE. , from F. buffle. See Buffalo. ]

 

Defn: The buffalo. [Obs. ] Sir T. Herbert.

 

BUFFLE

BUFFLE Buf "fle, v. i.

 

Defn: To puzzle; to be at a loss. [Obs. ] Swift.

 

BUFFLEHEAD

Buf "fle *head `, n. Etym: [Buffle + head. ]

 

1. One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow. [Obs. ] What makes you stare so, bufflehead Plautus (trans. 1694 ).

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.

 

BUFFLE-HEADED

BUFFLE-HEADED Buf "fle-head `ed, a.

 

Defn: Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering. [Obs. ] So fell this buffle-headed giant. Gayton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bufflehead

buf fle head |ˈbəfəlˌhed ˈbəflhɛd | ▶noun a small North American diving duck related to the goldeneye, with a large puffy head. The male has white plumage with a black back. [Bucephala albeola, family Anatidae. ] ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘simpleton ’): from obsolete buffle ‘buffalo ’ + head. The current sense (mid 18th cent. ) may be an independent formation because of the duck's large square-shaped head.

 

Oxford Dictionary

bufflehead

bufflehead |ˈbʌf (ə )lhɛd | ▶noun a small North American diving duck related to the goldeneye, with a large puffy head. The male has white plumage with a black back. ●Bucephala albeola, family Anatidae. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘simpleton ’): from obsolete buffle ‘buffalo ’ + head. The current sense (mid 18th cent. ) may be an independent formation because of the duck's large square-shaped head.

 

French Dictionary

buffle

buffle n. m. nom masculin 1 Bœuf sauvage. 2 Mâle de la bufflonne.

 

buffletin

buffletin n. m. nom masculin Petit de la bufflonne ou bufflesse.