A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.
A counter for food or refreshments.
A restaurant containing such a counter, as at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.
A meal set out on a buffet[2], arranged so that guests may serve themselves and choose those items that they desire; as, a buffet dinner. Diners usually take a plate provided and move in a line past the items on the buffet[2], placing those items they desire on the plate, to be eaten at some convenient place.
A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.
A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity.
A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.
To make one's way by blows or struggling.
A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.
A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats.
To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast.
To partake of a dessert after a feast.
