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fourteen miles north-weft of Znaym, and eighty-four fouth- 
eaft of Prague. 
BUDZAD'GEH, a town of Afiatic Turkey,, in the pro¬ 
vince of Natolia: forty miles nortli-eaft of Ifnick. 
BUD'ZIAC. See Bessarabia. 
BUDZIENIE'ZE, a town of Lithuania, in the palati¬ 
nate of Minfk : fifty-fix miles eaft of Rohaczow. 
BU'ECH, a river of France, which runs into the Du¬ 
rance, near Sifteron, in the department of the Lower Alps. 
BU'EIB, a town or village of Egypt, on a mountain, in 
the road of pilgrims : twenty-fix miles north-eaft of Cairo. 
BU'EIB, a town of Egypt, on a mountain, near the 
Nile: twenty-eight miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Afna. 
BUE'LO, a town of Perlia, in the province of Koraf- 
fan : 260 miles north of Herat. 
BUE'NA VIS'TA. See Bonavista. 
BUE'NOS AYRES, a viceroyalty of South America, 
belonging to Spain, erected in the year 1776, is bounded 
on the north by the Yapizlaga and Paraguay, on the eaft 
by Brazil and the lea,on the fouth by the fea and the coun¬ 
try of Magellan, and on the weft by the provinces of Cor¬ 
dova and Tuknman. The climate is healthy and tempe¬ 
rate : the difference between the winter and futnmer is very 
perceivable : in fummer the air is ferene, and the heat 
would be exceffive if not moderated by a wind which eve¬ 
ry morning blows from the fea ; in winter, ftorms are very 
frequent, with rain, and dreadful thunder and lightning. 
The country is inhabited by different nations little known 
except thofe who dwell,near the river Plata. It was firft 
difcovered in 1515 by Juan Diaz de Solis, who with two 
of his attendants was maftacred by the natives ; and partly 
fubdued by Sebaftian Gaboto, who gave the river the ap¬ 
pellation of la Plata, from the abundance of precious me¬ 
tals he procured from the inhabitants, imagining them to 
be the produce of the country, though in faCt they were 
brought from Peru. The principal towns are, Buenos 
Ayres, Monte Video, Corienteo, and Santa Fe. 
BUE'NOS AYRES, or Nuestra Sennora de Bue¬ 
nos Ayres, a town of South America, capital of the 
viceroyalty above-mentioned, to which it gives name, fi- 
fuated on the fouth-weft cbaft of the river la Plata', was 
firft built in 1535, under the direction of Don Pedro de 
Mendoza, at that time governor. It was foon after aban¬ 
doned ; but rebuilt in 1582, and ereCted into a bilhopric 
in 1620. The fitnation is agreeable and healthy ; the ca¬ 
thedral church is a beautiful and large building, and ferves 
principally for the Spaniards ; at the end of the town is 
another church, intended chiefly for the Indians. It con¬ 
tains about 3000 houfes, and 30,000 inhabitants. In the 
environs are excellent paftures; further off are mountains 
and valt forefts, in which are found numerous herds of 
wild buils and cows, vvhofe (kins form one of the princi¬ 
pal articles of commerce. Lat. 34. 40. S. Ion. 42.5. W. 
Ferro. 
BUEN'TQ, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Mo- 
nomotapa. 
BUFALMA'CO (Bonamico), an eminent Italian paint¬ 
er, as pleafant in his converfation as he was ingenious in 
his compofitions. A friend, whofe name was Bruno, con- 
fulting with him how he might give more expreffion to 
his fubjeCts, Bufalmaco anfwered, that he had nothing to 
do, but to make the words come out of the mouths of his 
figures by labels, on which they might be written. Bruno, 
thinking him in earned, did fo, as feveral caricature paint¬ 
ers did after him; who, improving upon Bruno, added 
anfwers to qtieftions, and made their figures enter into a 
kind of converfation. Bufalmaco died in 1340. 
BUFF, f. [from buffalo. ] A thick ftrong leather pre¬ 
pared from the fki 11 ot the buffalo; ufed for vvaift belts, 
pouches, and military accoutrements: 
A ropy chain of rheums, a vifage rough, 
Deform’d, unfeatur’d, and a (kin of biff. Dryden. 
The fkins of elks and oxen drelfed in oil, and prepared 
after the fame manner as that of the buffalo. A military 
B r U F 
coat made of thick leather, fo that a blow cannot eafily 
pierce it: 
A fiend, a fairy, pitilefs and rough, 
A wolf, nay worfe, a fellow all in buff. Shakefpeare. 
To BUFF, v. a. [ buffc , Fr.] To ftrike: a zoord not in ufc. 
BUF'FALO, f. in zoology. See Bos. 
BUF'FALO, a lake of North America, about twenty- 
five miles long, and from two to ten wide. Lat. 55.55. N. 
Ion. 108. 55. W. Greenwich. 
BUFFARO'LO, a town of Italy, in the Milanefe: fe- 
venteen miles weft of Milan. 
BUF'FELI, /. A ring made of the horn of a buffalo, 
which is worn on the ring-finger to cure the cramp. 
BUF'FET, J. \_buffcto , Ital.] A blow with the fift ; a 
box on the ear : 
Go, baffled coward, left I run upon thee, 
And with one buffet lay thy ftruCture low. Milton. 
To BU F'FET, v. a. To ftrike with the hand ; to box ; 
to beat: 
Inftantly I plung’d into the fea, 
And, buffeting the billows to her refeue, 
Redeem’d her life with half the lofs of mine. Otway. 
To BUF'FET, v.n. To play a boxing-match.—If I might 
buffet for my love, I could lay on like a butcher. Shake/p „ 
BUFFET', J. \_buffetie, Fr.] A kind of cupboard ; or 
fet of (helves, where plate, china, &c. is fet out to (hew* 
in a room of entertainment : 
The rich buffet well-coloured ferpents grace, 
And gaping Tritons fpew to wafh your face. Pope. 
BUF'FETER, f. A boxer; one that buffets. 
BUFFIER' (Claude), a celebrated French writer, bom 
in 1661; lie became a Jefuit in 1679, and died at Paris in 
1 737 - There are many works of this author, which fliew 
deep penetration and accurate judgment: the principal of 
which is, A Courfe of Sciences upon principles new and 
fimple, in order to form language, the underftanding, and 
the heart, 1732, in folio. This collection includes an ex¬ 
cellent F'rench grammar; a philofophic and practical trea- 
tife upon eloquence ; an art of poetry ; elements of meta- 
phyfics; an examination into vulgar prejudices ; a treatife 
of civil fociety; and an expofition of the proofs of reli¬ 
gion : all full of reflections, juft as well as judicious. 
BUF'FLE, J. [ueuffle, Fr.] The fame with buffalo\ a 
wild ox. 
To BUF'FLE, v. n. To puzzle ; to be at a lofs. 
BUF'FLEHEADED, adj. A man with a large head, 
like a buffalo ; dull; ftupid ; foolifh. 
BUF'FLES, or Buff, an ifland of Africa, in the mouth 
of the river Camarones. 
BUFFON' (Count de). See Clerc. 
BUFFO'NIA.yi [fo named from the celebrated Count 
de Buffon.~] The herb Toad-Grass. In botany, a genus 
of the clafs tetrandria, order digynia, natural order caryo- 
phyllei. The generic characters are—Calyx: perianthium 
four-leaved, erect, permanent; leaflets tubulate, keeled 
with membranaceous edges. Corolla : petals four, oval, 
entarginate, erect, equal, fhorter than the calyx. Stamina: 
filaments, four, equal, length of the germ ; antherae twin. 
Piftillum : germ ovate, comprefted ; ftyles two, the length 
of the ftamens; ftigmas fimple. Pericarpium: capfule 
oval, comprefted, one-celled, two-valved. Seeds : two, 
oval, comprefted with a fwelling; convex on one fide.— 
EJJential Ckarabler. Calyx, four-leaved. Corolla, four- 
petalled. Capfule, one-celled, two-feeded. 
There is but one fpecies ; it is called buffonia tenuifo- 
lia, or (mail buffonia, or baftard chickweed. The root 
is annual, long, (lender, firmly fixed, but having few, al- 
ntoft naked, filiform fibres; Item half a foot to a foot in 
height, upright, round, commonly branched at the bafe ; 
branches diffufed, procumbent; there are alfo fmaller 
brandies higher higher up, which are ftraight, contracted. 
