ruffle

RUF'FLE, v.t.

1. Properly, to wrinkle; to draw or contract into wrinkles, open plaits or folds.

2. To disorder by disturbing a smooth surface; to make uneven by agitation; as, to ruffle the sea or a lake.

She smooth'd the ruffl'd seas.

3. To discompose by disturbing a calm state of; to agitate; to disturb; as, to ruffle the mind; to ruffle the passions or the temper. It expresses less than fret and vex.

4. To throw into disorder or confusion.

- Where best he might the ruffl'd foe invest.

5. To throw together in a disorderly manner.

I ruffl'd up fall'n leaves in heap. [Unusual.]

6. To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.

RUF'FLE, v.i.

1. To grow rough or turbulent; as, the winds ruffle.

2. To play loosely; to flutter.

On his right shoulder his thick mane reclin'd, ruffles at speed and dances in the wind.

3. To be rough; to jar; to be contention.

They would ruffle with jurors. Obs.

RUF'FLE, n.

1. A strip of plaited cambric or other fine cloth attached to some border of a garment, as to the wristband or bosom. That at the bosom is sometimes called by the English, a frill.

2. Disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind or temper in a ruffle.

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