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Tuber :: Tuber (n.) A genus of fungi. See Truffle.

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar.

Jabot :: "Jabot (n.) Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt..

Frislet :: Frislet (n.) A kind of small ruffle.

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

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct.

Woodruff :: Woodruff (n.) Alt. of Woodroo.

Discountenance :: Discountenance (v. t.) To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.

Ruffe :: Ruffe (n.) A small freshwater European perch (Acerina vulgaris); -- called also pope, blacktail, and stone, / striped, perch..

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..

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

Ruffler :: Ruffler (n.) One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.

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..

Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal..

Blacktail :: Blacktail (n.) A fish; the ruff or pope.

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..

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

Ruffling :: Ruffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruffl.

Ruffian :: Ruffian (a.) brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage..

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..

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