Definitions for ruffed
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ruffrʌf(n.)
a neckpiece or collar of lace, lawn, or the like, gathered into deep, full, regular folds, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Category: Clothing
a collar, or set of lengthened or specially marked hairs or feathers, on the neck of an animal.
a Eurasian sandpiper, Philomachus pugnax, the male of which has a large erectile ruff of feathers during the breeding season.
Category: Ornithology
Ref: Compare reeve3. 3
Origin of ruff:
1515–25; perh. back formation from ruffle1
ruffed(adj.)
ruffrʌf(n.)
an act or instance of trumping in cards when one cannot follow suit.
Category: Games
an old game of cards resembling whist.
Category: Games
(v.i.)to trump when unable to follow suit.
Category: Games
Origin of ruff:
1580–90; prob. < F ro(u)ffle, akin to It ronfa a card game, prob. < G Trumpftrump1
ruffrʌf(n.)
a small European freshwater fish, Acerina cernua, of the perch family.
Category: Ichthyology
Origin of ruff:
1400–50; ME ruf, roffe; perh. identical with rough
Wiktionary
ruffed(Adjective)
having a ruff
Webster Dictionary
Ruffed(u)
of Ruff
Ruffed(adj)
furnished with a ruff
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