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Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff..

Fall :: Fall (n.) Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule..

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

Furfur :: Furfur (n.) Scurf; dandruff.

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

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

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar.

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

Dander :: Dander (n.) Dandruff or scurf on the head.

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt..

Dandriff :: Dandriff (n.) See Dandruff.

Even :: Even (a.) Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper..

Swinecase :: Swinebread (n.) The truffle.

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children..

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..

Ruffianage :: Ruffianage (n.) Ruffians, collectively; a body of ruffians..

Nayaur :: Nayaur (n.) A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck..

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