Word Meanings - RUFFLEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of ruffling.

RUFFLEMENT
The act of ruffling.
RUFFLER
1. One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian. Assaults, if not murders, done at his own doors by that crew of rufflers. Milton. 2. That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.
RUFFLE
To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum. 6. To discompose; to agitate; to disturb. These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind. Sir W. Hamilton. But, ever after, the small violence done Rankled in him and ruffled all his heart. Tennyson. 7. To
RUFFLELESS
Having no ruffle.
TRUFFLE
Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle and the English truffle are much esteemed as articles of food. Truffle worm , the larva of a fly of the genus Leiodes, injurious
UNRUFFLED
Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet. Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea. Addison.
TRUFFLED
Provided or cooked with truffles; stuffed with truffles; as, a truffled turkey.
UNRUFFLE
To cease from being ruffled or agitated. Dryden.