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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zool.)
     A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); --
     called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone perch}, or
     {striped perch}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ruff \Ruff\ (r[u^]f), 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ruff \Ruff\, v. i. & t. (Card Playing)
     To trump.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ruff \Ruff\, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Icel. r[=u]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.
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              Here to-morrow with his best ruff on. --Shak.
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              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.
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     2. Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar
        of this name.
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              I reared this flower; . . .
              Soft on the paper ruff its leaves I spread. --Pope.
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     3. An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.
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              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.
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     4. Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct. [Obs.]
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              To ruffle it out in a riotous ruff.   --Latimer.
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     5. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a
        roll; a ruffle.
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     6. (Mach.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent
        endwise motion. See Illust. of {Collar}.
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     7. (Zool.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers
        round, or on, the neck of a bird.
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     8. (Zool.)
        (a) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia ({Pavoncella
            pugnax}, syn. {Philomachus 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ruff \Ruff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Ruffing}.]
     1. To ruffle; to disorder. --Spenser.
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     2. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
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     3. (Hawking) To hit, as the prey, without fixing it.
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     4. (Card Playing) To play a trump card at bridge; as, he
        ruffed his partner's ace.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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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. (Zool.) 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}.
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     {Ruffle of a boot}, the top turned down, and scalloped or
        plaited. --Halliwell.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; --
        called also {ruff}. --Decker.
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     3. A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang]
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              Alfred is a trump, I think you say.   --Thackeray.
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     {To put to one's trumps}, or {To put on one's trumps}, to
        force to the last expedient, or to the utmost exertion.
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              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.
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              Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate
              them.                                 --W. Irving.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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: the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow
          suit [syn: {trumping}]
       v : play a trump [syn: {trump}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "ruff":
     ace, barrage, beat, beating, best bower, bower, cards, clubs,
     crease, crimp, crisp, deck, deuce, diamonds, dog-ear, double,
     double over, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, dummy,
     enfold, face cards, flounce, flush, flute, flutter, fold,
     fold over, frill, full house, gather, hand, hearts, infold,
     interfold, jack, joker, king, knave, lap over, left bower, pack,
     pair, palpitation, paradiddle, patter, picture cards, pitapat,
     pitter-patter, plait, plat, playing cards, pleat, plicate, ply,
     pound, pounding, pulsation, queen, quill, rat-a-tat, rat-tat,
     rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, roll, round, royal flush,
     rub-a-dub, rubber, ruffle, singleton, spades, spatter, splutter,
     sputter, staccato, straight, tat-tat, tattoo, throb, throbbing,
     thrum, thumping, tom-tom, trey, trick, trump, tuck, turn over,
     twill
  
  

















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