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Word: Ruff
Speech Type: Noun
early 16th century (first used denoting a frill around a sleeve): probably from a variant of rough
rʌf
a projecting starched frill worn round the neck, characteristic of Elizabethan and Jacobean costume
Short Definition:projecting starched frill worn round neck
Examples:- an Elizabethan ruff
a projecting or conspicuously coloured ring of feathers or hair round the neck of a bird or mammal
Short Definition:projecting or conspicuously coloured ring of feathers
Examples:- a ruff of long pointed feathers
- my nape stirred like the ruff of a dog in a thunderstorm
a pigeon of a domestic breed with a ruff of feathers on its neck.
Short Definition:pigeon of domestic breed with ruff of feathers on its neck
a North Eurasian wading bird, the male of which has a large variously coloured ruff and ear tufts in the breeding season, used in display.
Short Definition:North Eurasian wading bird, male
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