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Breeze :: Breeze (n.) An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Trub :: Trub (n.) A truffle.

Swinecase :: Swinebread (n.) The truffle.

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..

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

Cutter :: Cutter (n.) A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.

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

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

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

Ruffian :: Ruffian (a.) brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage..

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

Short-spoken :: Short-spoken (a.) Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt..

Crossruff :: Crossruff (n.) The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw..

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..

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