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  • English Word Ruffle Definition To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
  • English Word Ruffle Definition To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
  • English Word Ruffle Definition To throw into disorder or confusion.
  • English Word Ruffle Definition To throw together in a disorderly manner.
  • English Word Ruffle Definition To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
  • English Word Ruffle Definition To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
  • English Word Ruffle Definition To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
  • English Word Ruffle Definition 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.
  • English Word Ruffle Definition A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.
  • English Word Ruffle Definition A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.
  • English Word Ruffle Definition 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.
  • English Word Ruffled Definition of Ruffle
  • English Word Ruffleless Definition Having no ruffle.
  • English Word Rufflement Definition The act of ruffling.
  • English Word Ruffler Definition One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.
  • English Word Ruffler Definition That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.
  • English Word Ruffling Definition of Ruffle
  • English Word Rufigallic Definition Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained from gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, and is related to rufiopin and anthracene.
  • English Word Rufiopin Definition A yellowish red crystalline substance related to anthracene, and obtained from opianic acid.
  • English Word Rufol Definition A phenol derivative of anthracene obtained as a white crystalline substance, which on oxidation produces a red dyestuff related to anthraquinone.
  • English Word Rufous Definition Reddish; of a yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny.
  • English Word Ruft Definition Eructation; belching.
  • English Word Rufterhood Definition A kind of hood for a hawk.
  • English Word Rug Definition A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.
  • English Word Rug Definition A piece of thick, nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.
  • English Word Rug Definition A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
  • English Word Rug Definition To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
  • English Word Rug-gowned Definition Wearing a coarse gown or shaggy garment made of rug.
  • English Word Rug-headed Definition Having shaggy hair; shock-headed.
  • English Word Ruga Definition A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rugae of the stomach.