A frill or ruffle on a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
Senses relating to animals.
Philomachus pugnax (syn. ver=170921), a gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; specifically, a male of the species which develops a distinctive ruff of feathers and ear tufts during mating season (the female is called a id=bird).
A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers on or around the neck of a bird.
A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
An exhibition of haughtiness or pride.
Tumultuous or wanton conduct or procedure.
alternative spelling of ruffe: a fins; the id=fish.
ver=170921, a fish found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia; the Australian herring or tommy ruff.
A bottom-dwelling carnivorous fish of the family Sparidae found in temperate and tropical waters; a porgy or sea bream.
An ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit. late 16th c.
A game similar to whist and its predecessor. late 16th c.
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.
To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
Of a hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
To ruffle; to disorder.
Of a bird: to ruffle its feathers.
To boast, to brag.
To domineering manner; to bluster, to swagger.
To play a trick when unable to card of the same suit as the previous or leading card). late 16th c.
Especially in the form ruff out: to defeat (a card, etc.) by ruffing, thus master card in the suit led.
To beat a ruff or ruffle, as on a drum.
Of a drum, etc.: to have a ruff or ruffle beaten on it.
The bark of a dog; arf, woof.
Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.
Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
Turbulent.
Difficult; trying.
Crude; unrefined
Violent; not careful or subtle
Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
Harsh-tasting.
Somewhat ill; sick
Unwell due to alcohol; hungover
The unmowed part of a golf course.
A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming and a vital step in the design process.
Boisterous weather.
To create in an approximate form.
To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
To render rough; to roughen.
To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
To endure primitive conditions.
In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
