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Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.

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..

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

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

Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp..

Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air..

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..

Serenely :: Serenely (adv.) With unruffled temper; coolly; calmly.

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

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

Discountenance :: Discountenance (v. t.) To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unruffle :: Unruffle (v. i.) To cease from being ruffled or agitated.

Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals.

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