Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RUF'FLE
RUF'FIAN-LIKE, or RUF'FIAN-LYRUF'FLE, or RUFF
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.
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