ruff

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a high tight collar
an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
common Eurasian sandpiper
(card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
play a trump
A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it
The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led
To trump
A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children
Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name
An exhibition of pride or haughtiness
Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll
A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion
A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird
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 face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve
A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck
To ruffle
To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum
To hit, as the prey, without fixing it
Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Virginia
Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Washington

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