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

Furfur :: Furfur (n.) Scurf; dandruff.

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

Gruff :: Gruff (superl.) Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh..

Even :: Even (a.) Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper..

Blackguardly :: Blackguardly (adv. & a.) In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive; scurrilous; ruffianly.

Scruff :: Scruff (n.) The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck..

Crimper :: Crimper (n.) A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.

Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals.

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. i.) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger..

Bandbox :: Bandbox (n.) A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc..

Crossruff :: Crossruff (n.) The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw..

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..

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

Poking-stick :: Poking-stick (n.) A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs..

Drumming :: Drumming (n.) The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides..

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led..

Pope :: Pope (n.) A fish; the ruff.

Seesaw :: Seesaw (n.) Same as Crossruff.

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