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

Partridge :: Partridge (n.) The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus).

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

Shruff :: Shruff (n.) Rubbish. Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.] (b) Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel..

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

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

Truffle :: Truffle (n.) Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (T. aestivum) are much esteemed as articles of food..

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To throw together in a disorderly manner.

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

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..

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

Roil :: Roil (v.) To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex..

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

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.

Quill :: Quill (v. t.) To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle..

Mohawk :: Mohawk (n.) One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians..

Ruffianly :: Ruffianly (a.) Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.

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 (n.) Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name..

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

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