| Ruff: English to English |
| Ruff (n.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar. |
| Ruff (n.) A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it. |
| Ruff (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 fa |
| Ruff (n.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle. |
| Ruff (n.) A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children. |
| Ruff (n.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird. |
| Ruff (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck. |
| Ruff (n.) Alt. of Ruffe |
| Ruff (n.) An exhibition of pride or haughtiness. |
| Ruff (n.) Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name. |
| Ruff (n.) The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led. |
| Ruff (n.) Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct. |
| Ruff (v. i. & t.) To trump. |
| Ruff (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum. |
| Ruff (v. t.) To hit, as the prey, without fixing it. |
| Ruff (v. t.) To ruffle; to disorder. |