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Ruff
Ruff
n.
A
game
similar
to
whist
,
and
the
predecessor
of it.
Ruff
n.
The
act
of
trumping
,
especially
when
one
has
no
card
of
the
suit
led
.
Ruff
v. i. & t.
To
trump
.
Ruff
n.
A
muslin
or
linen
collar
plaited
,
crimped
, or
fluted
,
worn
formerly
by
both
sexes
,
now
only
by
women
and
children
.
Ruff
n.
Something
formed
with
plaits
or
flutings
,
like
the
collar
of
this
name
.
Ruff
n.
An
exhibition
of
pride
or
haughtiness
.
Ruff
n.
Wanton
or
tumultuous
procedure
or
conduct
.
Ruff
n.
A
low
,
vibrating
beat
of a
drum
,
not
so
loud
as a
roll
; a
ruffle
.
Ruff
n.
A
collar
on a
shaft
ot
other
piece
to
prevent
endwise
motion
.
See
Illust
. of
Collar
.
Ruff
n.
A
set
of
lengthened
or
otherwise
modified
feathers
round
, or on,
the
neck
of a
bird
.
Ruff
n.
A
limicoline
bird
of
Europe
and
Asia
(
Pavoncella
, /
Philommachus
,
pugnax
)
allied
to
the
sandpipers
.
The
males
during
the
breeding
season
have
a
large
ruff
of
erectile
feathers
,
variable
in
their
colors
, on
the
neck
,
and
yellowish
naked
tubercles
on
the
face
.
They
are
polygamous
,
and
are
noted
for
their
pugnacity
in
the
breeding
season
.
The
female
is
called
reeve
, or
rheeve
.
Ruff
n.
A
variety
of
the
domestic
pigeon
,
having
a
ruff
of
its
neck
.
Ruff
v. t.
To
ruffle
; to
disorder
.
Ruff
v. t.
To
beat
with
the
ruff
or
ruffle
, as a
drum
.
Ruff
v. t.
To
hit
, as
the
prey
,
without
fixing
it.
Ruff
n.
Alt
. of
Ruffe
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