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Sucker :: Sucker (n.) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidae; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker (Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker (C. teres), the hog sucker (C. nigricans), and the chub, or sweet sucker (Erimyzon sucetta). Some of the large Western species are called buffalo fish, red horse, b

Banquette :: Banquette (n.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.

Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance..

Surrounding :: Surround (n.) A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc..

Hoodman-blind :: Hoodman-blind (n.) An old term for blindman's buff.

Buffle-headed :: Buffle-headed (a.) Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering..

Rebuff :: Rebuff (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously..

Buffalo :: Buffalo (n.) A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo.

Cuff :: Cuff (v. t.) To buffet.

Punchinello :: Punchinello (n.) A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked..

Scaramouch :: Scaramouch (n.) A personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of like characteristics; a buffoon..

Goliard :: Goliard (n.) A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs..

Scurrility :: Scurrility (n.) That which is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar abuse.

Buffer :: Buffer (n.) One who polishes with a buff.

Vice :: Vice (n.) The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also Iniquity..

Outzany :: Outzany (v. t.) To exceed in buffoonery.

Cultus Cod :: Cultus cod () See Cod, and Buffalo cod, under Buffalo..

Buffle :: Buffle (v. i.) To puzzle; to be at a loss.

Yama :: Yama (n.) The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands..

Buff :: Buff (v. t.) To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5..

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