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Blackguardism :: Blackguardism (n.) The conduct or language of a blackguard; ruffianism.

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion.

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

Ruff :: Ruff (v. t.) To hit, as the prey, without fixing it..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve..

Ruff :: Ruff (v. i. & t.) To trump.

Reeve :: Reeve (n.) The female of the ruff.

Rufflement :: Rufflement (n.) The act of ruffling.

Ruffed :: Ruffed (imp. & p. p.) of Ruf.

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To erect in a ruff, as feathers..

Tuckahoe :: Tuckahoe (n.) A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf..

Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air..

Trub :: Trub (n.) A truffle.

Serenely :: Serenely (adv.) With unruffled temper; coolly; calmly.

Highbinder :: Highbinder (n.) A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese..

Fluted :: Fluted (a.) Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted spectrum..

Scruff :: Scruff (n.) Scurf.

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

Maucaco :: Maucaco (n.) A lemur; -- applied to several species, as the White-fronted, the ruffed, and the ring-tailed lemurs..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird..

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