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