Ruffle

·vt To erect in a ruff, as feathers.

II. Ruffle ·vt To throw into disorder or confusion.

III. Ruffle ·vi To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

IV. Ruffle ·vt To throw together in a disorderly manner.

V. Ruffle ·vt To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

VI. Ruffle ·vt To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.

VII. Ruffle ·vi To become disordered; to play loosely; to Flutter.

VIII. Ruffle ·vt To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.

IX. Ruffle ·vt & ·vi A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll;

— called also ruff.

X. Ruffle ·vt To Discompose; to Agitate; to Disturb.

XI. Ruffle ·vt To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to Wrinkle.

XII. Ruffle ·vi To be rough; to Jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to Swagger.

XIII. Ruffle ·vt & ·vi A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.

XIV. Ruffle ·vt & ·vi That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.

XV. Ruffle ·vt & ·vi The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. ·see Ootheca.