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

Rufflement :: Rufflement (n.) The act of ruffling.

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.

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

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..

Placid :: Placid (a.) Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle.

Rowdy :: Rowdy (n.) One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow..

Discompose :: Discompose (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate.

Swinecase :: Swinebread (n.) The truffle.

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck..

Trump :: Trump (n.) An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff..

Annoy :: Annoy (n.) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks..

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

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

Hackster :: Hackster (n.) A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin.

Quellio :: Quellio (n.) A ruff for the neck.

Blackguardism :: Blackguardism (n.) The conduct or language of a blackguard; ruffianism.

Partlet :: Partlet (n.) A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.

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

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

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