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Buffeting [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A striking with the hand.

2. Contention; attack; opposition.

3. He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but formed for duration, and fitted to endure the buffetings of the rudest storm.

Buffeting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Striking with the hand; boxing; contending against.

Buffeting [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A striking with the hand.

2. A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity.

Buffeting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913