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Scuff :: Scuff (n.) The back part of the neck; the scruff.

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

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

Desperado :: Desperado (n.) A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian..

Highbinder :: Highbinder (n.) A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese..

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

Ruffler :: Ruffler (n.) One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.

Poking-stick :: Poking-stick (n.) A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs..

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

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..

Ruffianlike :: Ruffianlike (a.) Ruffianly.

Pheasant :: Pheasant (n.) The ruffed grouse.

Quill :: Quill (v. t.) To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle..

Macaco :: Macaco (n.) Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur (Lemur macaco), and the ring-tailed lemur (L. catta)..

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant..

Ruffian :: Ruffian (v. i.) To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.

Scurf :: Scurf (n.) Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff..

Ruffianish :: Ruffianish (a.) Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian; ruffianly.

Ruffing :: Ruffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruf.

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