| Ruffle (ruffle) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Ruf"fle |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Ruffled (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Ruffling (?).] [From Ruff a plaited collar, a drum beat,
a tumult: cf. OD. ruyffelen to wrinkle.] |
To make into a ruff] to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or
folds; to wrinkle.
To furnish with ruffles; as, to
ruffle a shirt.
To oughen or disturb the surface of; to
make uneven by agitation or commotion.
To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
To beat with the ruff or
ruffle, as a drum.
To discompose; to agitate; to
disturb.
To throw into disorder or
confusion.
To throw together in a disorderly
manner.
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| Ruffle (ruffle) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Ruf"fle |
| [Perhaps of different
origin from ruffle to wrinkle; cf. OD. roffeln,
roffen, to pander, LG. raffein, Dan. ruffer a
pimp. Cf. Rufflan.] |
To grow rough,
boisterous, or turbulent.
To become disordered; to play loosely; to
flutter.
To be rough; to jar; to be in contention;
hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
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That which is
ruffled] specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth,
plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a
trimming; a frill.
A state of being ruffled or disturbed;
disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a
ruffle.
A low, vibrating beat of a
drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.
The connected series of
large egg capsules, or oöthecæ, of any one of several
species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See
Oötheca.
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