Definition of ruff

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

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Ruff :: Ruff (v. i. & t.) To trump.
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..
Rabato :: Rabato (n.) A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.
Crimper :: Crimper (n.) A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
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..
Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream..
Plait :: Plait (v. t.) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle..
Truffled :: Truffled (a.) Provided or cooked with truffles; stuffed with truffles; as, a truffled turkey..
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum..
Ruffled :: Ruffled (imp. & p. p.) of Ruffl.
Frislet :: Frislet (n.) A kind of small ruffle.
Ruffling :: Ruffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruffl.
Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck..
Fondness :: Fondness (n.) Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles..
Breeze :: Breeze (n.) An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze..
Pope :: Pope (n.) A fish; the ruff.
Ruff :: Ruff (v. t.) To hit, as the prey, without fixing it..
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To erect in a ruff, as feathers..
Ruffian :: Ruffian (a.) brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage..
Maucaco :: Maucaco (n.) A lemur; -- applied to several species, as the White-fronted, the ruffed, and the ring-tailed lemurs..
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