| Ruffle |
v. t. |
To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle. |
| Ruffle |
v. t. |
To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt. |
| Ruffle |
v. t. |
To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion. |
| Ruffle |
v. t. |
To erect in a ruff, as feathers. |
| Ruffle |
v. t. |
To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum. |
| Ruffle |
v. t. |
To discompose; to agitate; to disturb. |
| Ruffle |
v. t. |
To throw into disorder or confusion. |
| Ruffle |
v. t. |
To throw together in a disorderly manner. |
| Ruffle |
v. i. |
To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent. |
| Ruffle |
v. i. |
To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter. |
| Ruffle |
v. i. |
To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger. |
| Ruffle |
v. t. & i. |
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. |
| Ruffle |
v. t. & i. |
A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle. |
| Ruffle |
v. t. & i. |
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll;
called also ruff. |
| Ruffle |
v. t. & i. |
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. |
