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