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  8  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ruff  \Ruff\,  n.  [F.  ronfle;  cf  It  ronfa,  Pg  rufa,  rifa.] 
  (Card  Playing) 
  a  A  game  similar  to  whist,  and  the  predecessor  of  it 
  --Nares. 
  b  The  act  of  trumping,  especially  when  one  has  no  card  of 
  the  suit  led. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ruff  \Ruff\,  v.  i.  &  t.  (Card  Playing) 
  To  trump. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ruff  \Ruff\,  n.  [Of  uncertain  origin:  cf  Icel.  r?finn  rough, 
  uncombed,  Pr  ruf  rude,  rough,  Sp  rufo  frizzed,  crisp, 
  curled,  G.  raufen  to  pluck,  fight,  rupfen  to  pluck,  pull  E. 
  rough.  [root]18.  Cf  {Ruffle}  to  wrinkle.] 
  1.  A  muslin  or  linen  collar  plaited,  crimped,  or  fluted,  worn 
  formerly  by  both  sexes,  now  only  by  women  and  children. 
 
  Here  to-morrow  with  his  best  ruff  on  --Shak. 
 
  His  gravity  is  much  lessened  since  the  late 
  proclamation  came  out  against  ruffs;  .  .  .  they  were 
  come  to  that  height  of  excess  herein,  that  twenty 
  shillings  were  used  to  be  paid  for  starching  of  a 
  ruff.  --Howell. 
 
  2.  Something  formed  with  plaits  or  flutings,  like  the  collar 
  of  this  name 
 
  I  reared  this  flower;  .  .  .  Soft  on  the  paper  ruff 
  its  leaves  I  spread.  --Pope. 
 
  3.  An  exhibition  of  pride  or  haughtiness. 
 
  How  many  princes  .  .  .  in  the  ruff  of  all  their 
  glory,  have  been  taken  down  from  the  head  of  a 
  conquering  army  to  the  wheel  of  the  victor's 
  chariot!  --L'Estrange. 
 
  4.  Wanton  or  tumultuous  procedure  or  conduct.  [Obs.] 
 
  To  ruffle  it  out  in  a  riotous  ruff.  --Latimer. 
 
  5.  (Mil.)  A  low  vibrating  beat  of  a  drum,  not  so  loud  as  a 
  roll;  a  ruffle. 
 
  6.  (Mach.)  A  collar  on  a  shaft  ot  other  piece  to  prevent 
  endwise  motion.  See  Illust.  of  {Collar}. 
 
  7.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  set  of  lengthened  or  otherwise  modified 
  feathers  round,  or  on  the  neck  of  a  bird. 
 
  8.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  A  limicoline  bird  of  Europe  and  Asia  ({Pavoncella,  or 
  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. 
  b  A  variety  of  the  domestic  pigeon,  having  a  ruff  of  its 
  neck. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ruff  \Ruff\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Ruffed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Ruffing}.] 
  1.  To  ruffle;  to  disorder.  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  (Mil.)  To  beat  with  the  ruff  or  ruffle,  as  a  drum. 
 
  3.  (Hawking)  To  hit,  as  the  prey,  without  fixing  it 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ruff  \Ruff\,  Ruffe  \Ruffe\,  n.  [OE.  ruffe.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  small  freshwater  European  perch  ({Acerina  vulgaris});  -- 
  called  also  {pope},  {blacktail},  and  {stone,  or  striped, 
  perch}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ruffle  \Ruf"fle\,  n.  [See  {Ruffle},  v.  t.  &  i.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  A  state  of  being  ruffled  or  disturbed;  disturbance; 
  agitation;  commotion;  as  to  put  the  mind  in  a  ruffle. 
 
  3.  (Mil.)  A  low  vibrating  beat  of  a  drum,  not  so  loud  as  a 
  roll;  --  called  also  {ruff}.  --H.  L.  Scott. 
 
  4.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  connected  series  of  large  egg  capsules,  or 
  o["o]thec[ae],  of  any  one  of  several  species  of  American 
  marine  gastropods  of  the  genus  {Fulgur}.  See  {O["o]theca}. 
 
  {Ruffle  of  a  boot},  the  top  turned  down  and  scalloped  or 
  plaited.  --Halliwell. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trump  \Trump\,  n.  [A  corruption  of  triumph,  F.  triomphe  See 
  {Triumph},  and  cf  {Trump}  a  trumpet.] 
  1.  A  winning  card;  one  of  a  particular  suit  (usually 
  determined  by  chance  for  each  deal)  any  card  of  which 
  takes  any  card  of  the  other  suits. 
 
  2.  An  old  game  with  cards,  nearly  the  same  as  whist;  -- 
  called  also  {ruff}.  --Decker. 
 
  3.  A  good  fellow;  an  excellent  person.  [Slang] 
 
  Alfred  is  a  trump,  I  think  you  say  --Thackeray. 
 
  {To  put  to  one's  trumps},  or  {To  put  on  one's  trumps},  to 
  force  to  the  last  expedient,  or  to  the  utmost  exertion. 
 
  But  when  kings  come  so  low  as  to  fawn  upon 
  philosophy,  which  before  they  neither  valued  nor 
  understood,  it  is  a  sign  that  fails  not  they  are 
  then  put  to  their  last  trump.  --Milton. 
 
  Put  the  housekeeper  to  her  trumps  to  accommodate 
  them  --W.  Irving. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ruff 
  n  1:  a  high  tight  collar  [syn:  {choker},  {ruffle},  {neck  ruff}] 
  2:  common  Eurasian  sandpiper;  male  has  an  erectile  ruff  in 
  breeding  season  [syn:  {Philomachus  pugnax}] 
  3:  (cards)  the  act  of  playing  a  trump  when  unable  to  follow 
  suit  [syn:  {trumping}] 
  v  :  play  a  trump,  in  card  games  [syn:  {trump}] 




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