Definition of ruff

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

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Pope :: Pope (n.) A fish; the ruff.
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. i.) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger..
Trump :: Trump (n.) An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff..
Swinecase :: Swinebread (n.) The truffle.
Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals.
Scruff :: Scruff (n.) Scurf.
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion.
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
Quill :: Quill (v. t.) To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle..
Roil :: Roil (v.) To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex..
Rabato :: Rabato (n.) A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.
Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck..
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To throw together in a disorderly manner.
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..
Ruffed :: Ruffed (imp. & p. p.) of Ruf.
Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.
Highbinder :: Highbinder (n.) A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese..
Ruffianly :: Ruffianly (a.) Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.
Ruffian :: Ruffian (a.) brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage..
Dandruff :: Dandruff (n.) A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles..
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