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1. Ruff
   Protruding or lengthened hair around the neck and chest.
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2. ruff
   [n] - common Eurasian sandpiper 2. [n] - (cards) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
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3. Ruff
   Ruff noun [ French ronfle ; confer Italian ronfa , Portuguese rufa , rifa .] (Card Playing) (a) A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it. Nares. (b) The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led.
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4. Ruff
   Ruff intransitive verb & t. (Card Playing) To trump.
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5. Ruff
   Ruff noun [ Of uncertain origin: confer Icelandic r...finn rough, uncombed, Pr. ruf rude, rough, Spanish rufo frizzed, crisp, curled, German raufen to pluck, fight, rupfen to pluck, pull, English rough . &radic...
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6. Ruff
   Ruff transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Ruffed ; present participle & verbal noun Ruffing .] 1. To ruffle; to disorder. Spenser. 2. (Mil.) To bea...
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7. ruff
   1. A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children. 'Here to-morrow with his best ruff on.' (Shak) 'His gravity is much lessened since the late proclamation came out against ruffs; . . . They were come to that height of excess herein,...
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8. ruff
   trumping noun (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
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9. ruff
   Philomachus pugnax noun common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season
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10. ruff
    verb play a trump
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11. Ruff
    • (n.) A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it. • (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck. • (v. i. & t.) To trump. • (n.) A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children. •...
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12. ruff
    in zoology, Old World bird (Philomachus pugnax), of the sandpiper subfamily Calidritinae (family Scolopacidae) remarkable for its courtship plumage ... [3 related articles]
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13. ruff
    in dresswear, crimped or pleated collar or frill, usually wide and full, worn in Europe, especially from the mid-16th century into the 17th century, ... [4 related articles]
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14. Ruff
    Ruff is a French boy name. The meaning of the name is `Red haired` The name Ruff doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Ruff seems to be unique!
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15. Ruff
    Ruff is Black-American slang for a quarter.
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16. Ruff
    Ruff is Black-American slang for a quarter.
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17. ruff
    
    • a high tight collar
    • (cards) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
    
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18. Ruff
    The ruff (Philomachus pugnax) is a bird belonging to the grallatores (waders) , Scolopacidae family. It was once abundant in Britain.
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19. Ruff
    In card games a ruff is a card of the suit of trumps. In card games to ruff is to play a card of the suit of trumps when the led card was not of the suit of trumps - to trump.
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20. Ruff
    A ruff was a circular collar of cambric or lawn in the form of a starched and crimped or pleated frill, fashionable in England between 1550 and 1630 after arriving arrived from France. Ruffs were generally about seven centimetres deep, with a man's ruff being higher at the back than the front so as to follow the line of the jaw.
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21. ruff
    Type: Term Pronunciation: rŭf Definitions: 1. A collar or ruffle.
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22. ruff
    (zoology) Bird Philomachus pugnax of the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. The name is taken from the frill of erectile purple-black feathers developed in the breeding season around the neck of the male. The females (reeves) have no ruff; they lay four spotted green egg...
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23. Ruff
    Thick, longer hair growing around the neck.
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24. Ruff
    To play a trump onto a trick, usually in order to try to win the trick.
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25. Ruff
    profuse growth of hair on the front of the neck, or that surrounds the entire neck.
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