Definition of ruff

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Ruff (n.) A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children..

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Shruff :: Shruff (n.) Rubbish. Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.] (b) Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel..
Ruff :: Ruff (v. i. & t.) To trump.
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca..
Furfur :: Furfur (n.) Scurf; dandruff.
Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings..
Macaco :: Macaco (n.) Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur (Lemur macaco), and the ring-tailed lemur (L. catta)..
Ruffianlike :: Ruffianlike (a.) Ruffianly.
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt..
Quiescent :: Quiescent (a.) Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting.
Cutter :: Cutter (n.) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
Woodruff :: Woodruff (n.) Alt. of Woodroo.
Ruffled :: Ruffled (imp. & p. p.) of Ruffl.
Crimper :: Crimper (n.) A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
Blackguardly :: Blackguardly (adv. & a.) In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive; scurrilous; ruffianly.
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. & i.) A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle..
Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals.
Ruffin :: Ruffin (a.) Disordered.
Reeve :: Reeve (n.) The female of the ruff.
Pheasant :: Pheasant (n.) The ruffed grouse.
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