Ruff

ruf, n. A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted; something formed in plaits or flutings. like the collar of this name. (Or- Tilth.) A bird, allied to the woodcock and sandpiper: the male has a tuft of feathers around the neck during the breeding season; also, a certain species of pigeon. — V.t. [RUFFED (ruft).-FING.] To ruffle, disorder.— Ruffed, ruft, a. Furnished with grouse. A handsome Amer. bird, resembling the pheasant, — called partridge in the U. S. — Ruffle, -fl, v. t. [-FLED (-fid), -fling.] To make into a ruff, draw or contract into wrinkles, open plaits, or folds; to furnish with ruffles; to roughen or disturb the surface of; to discompose, agitate; to throw into disorder or confu- Ruffed Grouse. sion.—t?. i. To play loosely, flutter. — n. A strip of plaited cambric, other fine cloth, attached to some border of a garment; a frill; a state of being ruffled or disturbed; agitation; commotion. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll. — v. i. To make this beat on a drum.