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ruff
n.
fancy high and frilled collar (worn during the 16th and 17th centuries); (Zoology) ring of feathers or neck hair around the neck of a bird or mammal; type of sandpiper with elaborate ruff
n.
act of playing a trump card; type of old card game (similar to whist)
v.
play trump on (in a card game)
Ruff
Ruff (disambiguation)
The
Ruff (
Philomachus pugnax) is a bird in the wader family.
ruff
Noun
1. a high tight collar
(synonym) choker, ruffle, neck ruff
(hypernym) collar, neckband
(hyponym) fraise
2. common Eurasian sandpiper; male has an erectile ruff in breeding season
(synonym) Philomachus pugnax
(hypernym) sandpiper
(hyponym) reeve
(member-holonym) Philomachus, genus Philomachus
3. the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
(synonym) trumping
(hypernym) turn, play
(part-holonym) bridge
(derivation) trump
(classification) card game, cards
Verb
1. play a trump
(synonym) trump
(hypernym) move, go
(hyponym) overtrump
(derivation) trumping
(classification) card game, cards
Ruff
(v. t.)
To ruffle; to disorder.
(v. t.)
To hit, as the prey, without fixing it.
(v. t.)
To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
(v. i. & t.)
To trump.
(n.)
Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct.
(n.)
The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led.
(n.)
Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name.
(n.)
An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.
(n.)
Alt. of Ruffe
(n.)
A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck.
(n.)
A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird.
(n.)
A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children.
(n.)
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle.
(n.)
A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / 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.
(n.)
A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.
(n.)
A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Ruff
A collar of fur around the neck.
