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Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck..

Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle..

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum..

Breeze :: Breeze (n.) An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze..

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To throw together in a disorderly manner.

Quill :: Quill (n.) The fold or plain of a ruff.

Flute :: Flute (n.) A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle..

Unruffle :: Unruffle (v. i.) To cease from being ruffled or agitated.

Plait :: Plait (v. t.) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) Alt. of Ruff.

Ruffianlike :: Ruffianlike (a.) Ruffianly.

Partlet :: Partlet (n.) A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff..

Cutter :: Cutter (n.) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.

Dandriff :: Dandriff (n.) See Dandruff.

Trump :: Trump (n.) An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff..

Partlet :: Partlet (n.) A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff..

Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp..

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle..

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