They spit in his face and buffeted him. --Matt.
xxvi. 67.
2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive
with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
The sudden hurricane in thunder roars, Buffets the
bark, and whirls it from the shores. --Broome.
You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of
your own, instead of being buffeted about the world.
--W. Black.
3. [Cf. {Buffer}.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling
the clapper.