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A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.

A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff." Nathless so sore a buff to him it lent That made him reel. Spenser.

A pad or cushion forming the end of a fender, which recieves the blow; -- sometimes called buffing apparatus.

A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff. When on his cheek a buffet fell. Sir W. Scott.

A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity. He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but . . . fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest storm. Wirt.

A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.

A thump; a heavy blow.

r, before letting go the anchor. -- Whistling buoy, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by the action of the waves.

urns me up. Shak. This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. Dryden. When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the Ecclus. xliii. 20, 21.

A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.

A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.

A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horus, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari. [U. S.]

A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners. Farrow.

e ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude. -- Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points due north, south, east, or west.

To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.

A blow; a rap. [Scot.]

A chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the mouth.

To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down. Chop off your hand, and it to the king. Shak.

To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to. Chucked the barmaid under the chin. W. Irving.

Blowing around. [Obs.] Evelyn.