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To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers,
plaits, or folds; to wrinkle. |
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To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt. |
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To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by
agitation or commotion. |
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To erect in a ruff, as feathers. |
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To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum. |
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To discompose; to agitate; to disturb. |
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To throw into disorder or confusion. |
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To throw together in a disorderly manner. |
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To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent. |
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To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter. |
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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. |
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A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance;
agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle. |
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A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a
roll; -- called also ruff. |
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The connected series of large egg capsules, or
oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods
of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca. |
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