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Ruff :: Ruff (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum..

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

Ruff :: Ruff (v. i. & t.) To trump.

Jabot :: "Jabot (n.) Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt..

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

Gruff :: Gruff (superl.) Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh..

Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold.

Ruff :: Ruff (v. t.) To ruffle; to disorder.

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

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To erect in a ruff, as feathers..

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

Blackguardly :: Blackguardly (adv. & a.) In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive; scurrilous; ruffianly.

Bandbox :: Bandbox (n.) A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc..

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..

Ruffe :: Ruffe (n.) A small freshwater European perch (Acerina vulgaris); -- called also pope, blacktail, and stone, / striped, perch..

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

Ruffler :: Ruffler (n.) That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles..

Scruff :: Scruff (n.) Scurf.

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

Ruffling :: Ruffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruffl.

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