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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..

Rowdy :: Rowdy (n.) One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow..

Trub :: Trub (n.) A truffle.

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

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..

Heading :: Heading (n.) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.

Ruffianous :: Ruffianous (a.) Ruffianly.

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

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

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..

Ruff :: Ruff (v. t.) To hit, as the prey, without fixing it..

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

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name..

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

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

Short-spoken :: Short-spoken (a.) Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt..

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

Annoy :: Annoy (n.) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks..

Bandbox :: Bandbox (n.) A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc..

Fluting :: Fluting (n.) Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting of a lady's ruffle..

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