BUFF'ETING, participle present tense Striking with the hand; boxing; contending against. BUFF'ETING, noun A striking with the hand. 1. Contention; attack; opposition. He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but formed for duration, and fitted to endure the buffetings of the rudest storm.
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