Ruffle
Definition of Ruffle
Ruf´fle v. t. | 1. | To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle. | | 2. | To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt. | | 3. | To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion. | | 4. | To erect in a ruff, as feathers. | | 5. | (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum. | | 6. | To discompose; to agitate; to disturb. | | 7. | To throw into disorder or confusion. | | 8. | To throw together in a disorderly manner. | v. i. | 1. | To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent. | | 2. | To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter. | | 3. | To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.They would ruffle with jurors. - Bacon. | n. | 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. | | 2. | A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle. | | 3. | (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; - called also ruff. | | 4. | (Zool.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oöthecæ, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Oötheca. |
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