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Ruf"fle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruffled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ruffling (?).] [From Ruff a plaited collar, a drum beat, a tumult: cf. OD. ruyffelen to wrinkle.] 1. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
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2. To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
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3. To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.
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The fantastic revelries . . . that so often ruffled the placid bosom of the Nile. I. Taylor.
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She smoothed the ruffled seas. Dryden.
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4. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
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[the swan] ruffles her pure cold plume. Tennyson.
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5. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
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6. To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
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These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind. Sir W. Hamilton.
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But, ever after, the small violence done
Rankled in him and ruffled all his heart. Tennyson.
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7. To throw into disorder or confusion.
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Where best
He might the ruffled foe infest. Hudibras.
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8. To throw together in a disorderly manner. [R.]
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I ruffled up falen leaves in heap. Chapman
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To ruffle the feathers of, to exite the resentment of; to irritate.
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Ruf"fle (?), v. i. [Perhaps of different origin from ruffle to wrinkle; cf. OD. roffeln, roffen, to pander, LG. raffein, Dan. ruffer a pimp. Cf. Rufflan.] 1. To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent. [R.]
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The night comes on, and the bleak winds
Do sorely ruffle. Shak.
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2. To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
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On his right shoulder his thick mane reclined,
Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. Dryden.
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3. To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
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They would ruffle with jurors. Bacon.
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Gallants who ruffled in silk and embroidery. Sir W. Scott.
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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.
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2. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.
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3. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff. H. L. Scott.
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4. (Zo&ö;l.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or o&ö;thecæ, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See O&ö;theca.
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Ruffle of a boot, the top turned down, and scalloped or plaited. Halliwell.
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