Ruffle: alternatives and connections

An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.

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To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.

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To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.

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To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a do…

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To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.

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The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.

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To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.

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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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of Fight

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imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.

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The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.

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To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

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To render null and void.

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To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a…

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To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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A band which goes around the neck; often, the part at the top of a garment.

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A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the…

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To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.

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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

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To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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of Cut

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A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is…

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A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it.

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To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer.

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To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer.

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Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt.

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A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.

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A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.

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A folding or fold; a plait.

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A folding or fold; a plait.

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An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

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An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

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To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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To startle from quiet; to alarm.

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One who, or that which, chokes.

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The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.

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A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of…

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An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…

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To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

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To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flou…

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Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

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Affray; broil; contest; combat.

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To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.

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A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.

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To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or b…

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See Plait.

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To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.

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A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is…

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An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

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A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.

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To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.

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To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.

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To swell; to bulge out.

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To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

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Same as Undulated.

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