Word Meanings - RUFFLER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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.
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- RUFFIAN
brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage. - MAKE AND BREAK
Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker. - MACHINER
One who or operates a machine; a machinist. - MAKING-IRON
A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in. - SPECIFICALLY
In a specific manner. - DOORSTEAD
Entrance or place of a door. Bp. Warburton. - DOORSTEP
The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door. - DOORSTONE
The stone forming a threshold. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - DOORSILL
The sill or threshold of a door. - SWAGGERER
One who swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisy fellow. Shak. - MAKED
Made. Chaucer. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - DOORSTOP
The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door. - BULLY; BULLY BEEF
Pickled or canned beef. (more info) boil. See Boil, v. The word bouilli was formerly commonly used on the - MAKE-UP
The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character. The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up. L. F. Ward. - RUFFIANLIKE
Ruffianly. Fulke. - MAKESHIFT
That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot. - BULLY TREE
The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceæ, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha. - RUFFIANISH
Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian; ruffianly. - GRAMME MACHINE
A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight. - MANTUAMAKER
One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker. - BRUISEWORT
A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey. - BURRING MACHINE
A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. - BOOTMAKER
One who makes boots. -- Boot"mak`ing, n. - PRAISEWORTHINESS
The quality or state of being praiseworthy. - BRICKMAKER
One whose occupation is to make bricks. -- Brick"mak*ing, n. - CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté. - HOUSEWIFE
A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for 3. A hussy. Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. (more info) 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good - SAILMAKER
One whose occupation is to make or repair sails. -- Sail"mak`ing, n. - WIDOW-MAKER
One who makes widows by destroying husbands. Shak. - ELSEWISE
Otherwise. - MATCHMAKER
1. One who makes matches for burning or kinding. 2. One who tries to bring about marriages.