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Ruff

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Meaning

Noun

●
In Clothing & Neckwear:
A
or
on a
, especially a
,
at the
in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
●
Anything
with
or
like a frill.
●
In Male animals:
  • Senses
    to animals.
  • Philomachus pugnax (syn. Calidris pugnax), a
    ,
    of Eurasia;
    , a
    of the
    which
    a
    of
    and
    during
    (the
    is called a reeve).
    • ●
    In Ornithology:
  • Senses
    to animals.
  • A set of
    or otherwise
    on or around the
    of a bird.
    • ●
    In Zoology:
  • Senses
    to animals.
  • A
    of
    or
    on or around the
    of an animal.
    • ●
    In Engineering:
    A
    on a
    or other
    to
    motion.
    ●
    An
    of
    or pride.
    ●
    Tumultuous or
    or procedure.
    ●
    In Hair, Perch and darters, Percoid fish & Sparids:
    Alternative
    of
    : a small
    of the
    Gymnocephalus;
    the Eurasian
    (Gymnocephalus cernua or Gymnocephalus cernuus) which has
    ; the pope.
    ●
    In Neckwear, Perch and darters, Percoid fish & Sparids:
    Arripis georgianus, a
    found in
    off the
    of Australia; the Australian
    or
    ruff.
    ●
    In Perch and darters, Percoid fish & Sparids:
    A
    of the family Sparidae found in
    and
    ; a
    or
    bream.
    ●
    In Card games:
    An
    of
    , or an
    to
    , when unable to
    suit.
    ●
    In Card games:
    A
    to
    and its predecessor.
    ●
    In Military & Music:
    A low,
    of a
    ,
    than
    ; a ruffle.

    Verb

    ●
    To
    (fabric, etc.) into a
    ; to
    (a
    , etc.) with a
    .
    ●
    In Falconry & Scolopacids:
    Of a
    ,
    , etc.: to
    (the
    ) without
    or
    of it.
    ●
    To
    ; to disorder.
    ●
    Of a
    : to
    its feathers.
    ●
    To
    , to brag.
    ●
    To
    in a
    and
    ; to
    , to swagger.
    ●
    In Card games:
    To
    a
    to a
    when unable to
    (that is, when unable to
    a
    of the same
    as the
    or
    ).
    ●
    Especially in the form
    out: to
    (a
    , etc.) by
    , thus
    the
    in the
    led.
    ●
    In Military:
    To
    a
    or
    le, as on a drum.
    ●
    Of a
    , etc.: to have a
    or
    le
    on it.

    Intj

    ●
    The
    of a
    ;
    , woof.

    Adj

    ●
    Alternative
    of rough.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

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