ruffe
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of ruffe
C15: perhaps an alteration of rough (referring to its scales)
Example Sentences
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The female is called a Reeve without any ruffe about the neck, lesser then the other & hardly to bee got.
From Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes by Browne, Thomas, Sir
Divers noble personages made them ruffes, a full quarter of a yeard deepe, and two lengthe in one ruffe.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
You shall know him by his narrow velvet cape and serge facing, and his ruffe, next his hire, the shortest thing about him....
From Notes and Queries, Number 23, April 6, 1850 by Various
Out of your little ruffe, Dorcas, and in the fashion!
From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John
Well I know whence comes the titmouse, That the titmouse is a birdie, And a snake the hissing viper, And the ruffe a fish in water.
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
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