Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: RU-FES'CENT – RUF'TER-HOOD
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RU-FES'CENT, a. [L. rufesco, to grow red.]
Reddish; tinged with red. – Ed. Encyc.
RUFF, n. [Arm. rouffenn, a wrinkle; W. rhevu, to thicken.]
- A piece of plaited linen worn by females around the neck. – Addison.
- Something puckered or plaited. – Pope.
- A small fish, a species of Perca. – Walton.
- A bird of the genus Tringa, with a tuft of feathers around the neck of the male, whence the name. The female is called reeve. – Ed. Encyc.
- A state of roughness. [Sax. hreof. Obs.] – Chapman.
- Pride; elevation; as, princes in the ruff of all their glory. – L'Estrange.
- A particular species of pigeon.
- At cards, the act of winning the trick by trumping the cards of another suit. [D. troef, troeven.]
RUFF, v.t.
- To ruffle; to disorder. – Spenser.
- To trump any other suit of cards at whist. [D. troef, troeven.]
RUFF'ED, pp.
Ruffled; disordered.
RUF'FIAN, a.
Brutal; savagely boisterous; as, ruffian rage. – Pope.
RUF'FIAN, n. [If this word signifies primarily a robber, it is from the root of rob, Sw. röfva, Dan. röver. In Scottish, ruffie is a worthless fellow. In It. ruffiano is a pimp, Sp. rufian, Port. rufiam; D. roffiaan, id.]
A boisterous, brutal fellow; a fellow ready for any desperate crime; a robber; a cut-throat; a murderer. – Addison.
RUF'FIAN, v.i.
To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. – Shak.
RUF'FI-AN-ISH, a.
Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian.
RUF'FI-AN-ISM, n.
The character of ruffians.
RUF'FIAN-LIKE, or RUF'FIAN-LY, a.
Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; violent; licentious. – Fulke.
RUF'FLE, n.1
- A strip of plaited cambric or other fine cloth attached to some border of a garment, as to the wristband or bosom. That at the bosom is sometimes called by the English, a frill.
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind or temper in a ruffle.
RUF'FLE, or RUFF, n.2
A particular beat or roll of the drum, used on certain occasions in military affairs, as a mark of respect. Lieutenant generals have three ruffles, as they pass by the regiment, guard, &c. Major generals have two, brigadiers one, &c. – Encyc.
RUF'FLE, v.i.
- To grow rough or turbulent; as, the winds ruffle. – Shak.
- To play loosely; to flutter. On his right shoulder his thick mane reclin'd, / Ruffles at speed and dances in the wind. – Dryden.
- To be rough; to jar; to be in contention. They would ruffle with jurors. [Obs.] – Bacon.
RUF'FLE, v.t. [Belgic, ruyffelen, to wrinkle. Chaucer has riveling, wrinkling, and Spelman cites rifflura or rufflura from Bracton, as signifying in law a breach or laceration of the skin, made by the stroke of a stick.]
- Properly, to wrinkle; to draw or contract into wrinkles, open plaits or folds. – Addison.
- To disorder by disturbing a smooth surface; to make uneven by agitation; as, to ruffle the sea or a lake. She smooth'd the ruffl'd seas. – Dryden.
- To discompose by disturbing a calm state of; to agitate; to disturb; as, to ruffle the mind; to ruffle the passions or the temper. It expresses less than fret and vex.
- To throw into disorder or confusion. Where best / He might the ruffl'd foe invest. – Hudibras.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner. I ruffl'd up fall'n leaves in heap. [Unusual.] – Chapman.
- To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
RUF'FLE, or RUFF, v.t.
To beat the ruff or roll of the drum.
RUF'FLED, pp.
Disturbed; agitated; furnished with ruffles.
RUF'FLE-LESS, a.
Having no ruffles.
RUF'FLE-MENT, n.
Act of ruffling.
RUF'FLER, n.
A bully; a swaggerer. [Not in use.]
RUF'FLING, n.
Commotion; disturbance; agitation.
A particular beat or roll of the drum, used on certain occasions as a mark of respect.
RUF'FLING, ppr.
Disturbing; agitating; furnishing with ruffles.
RUF'FLING, or RUF'FING, ppr.
Beating a roll of the drum.
RU'FOUS, a. [L. rufus; Sp. rufo; Port. ruivo; probably from the root of L. rubeo.]
Reddish; of a reddish color, or rather of a yellowish red.
RUF'TER-HOOD, n.
In falconry, a hood to be worn by a hawk when she is first drawn. – Bailey.