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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..

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

Ruffian :: Ruffian (n.) A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat..

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

Band :: Band (v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird..

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

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

Maucaco :: Maucaco (n.) A lemur; -- applied to several species, as the White-fronted, the ruffed, and the ring-tailed lemurs..

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

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

Rabato :: Rabato (n.) A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.

Quill :: Quill (n.) The fold or plain of a ruff.

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

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt..

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

Plait :: Plait (v. t.) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle..

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..

Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle..

Apathy :: Apathy (n.) Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion..

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