Definition of ruff

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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..

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Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion.
Ruffian :: Ruffian (n.) A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat..
Frislet :: Frislet (n.) A kind of small ruffle.
Flute :: Flute (v. t.) To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc..
Blackguardly :: Blackguardly (adv. & a.) In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive; scurrilous; ruffianly.
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
Ruffin :: Ruffin (a.) Disordered.
Tuber :: Tuber (n.) A genus of fungi. See Truffle.
Ruffler :: Ruffler (n.) That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles..
Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck..
Pope :: Pope (n.) A fish; the ruff.
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca..
Ruffler :: Ruffler (n.) One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.
Ruff :: Ruff (n.) Alt. of Ruff.
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To throw together in a disorderly manner.
Nayaur :: Nayaur (n.) A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck..
Swinecase :: Swinebread (n.) The truffle.
Tuckahoe :: Tuckahoe (n.) A curious vegetable production of the Southern Atlantic United States, growing under ground like a truffle and often attaining immense size. The real nature is unknown. Called also Indian bread, and Indian loaf..
Ruff :: Ruff (n.) The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led..
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..
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