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Quiescent :: Quiescent (a.) Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting.

Flute :: Flute (n.) A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle..

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

Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle..

Woodruff :: Woodruff (n.) Alt. of Woodroo.

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

Scruff :: Scruff (n.) The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.

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

Partlet :: Partlet (n.) A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff..

Drumming :: Drumming (n.) The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides..

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

Apathy :: Apathy (n.) Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion..

Quellio :: Quellio (n.) A ruff for the neck.

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. i.) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent..

Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream..

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

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

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle..

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

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