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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - ruff

 
 

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ruff
~ n 1 a stiff circular white collar, worn in Europe in the 16th century 2 a circle of feathers or fur around the neck of an animal or bird
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1.
  (ruffs) 1. A ruff is a stiff strip of cloth or other material with many small folds in it, which some people wore round their neck in former times. ...an Elizabethan ruff. N-COUNT 2. A ruff is a thick band of feathers or fur round the neck of a bird or animal. N-COUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
   I. noun  or ~e  Etymology: Middle English ruf  Date: 15th century a small freshwater European perch (Acerina cernua)  II. noun  Etymology: probably back-formation from ~le  Date: 1555  1. a large round collar of pleated muslin or linen worn by men and women of the late 16th and early 17th centuries  2. a fringe or frill of long hairs or feathers growing around or on the neck of an animal  3. a common Eurasian sandpiper (Philomachus pugnax) whose male during the breeding season has a large ~ of erectile feathers on the neck  • ~ed adjective  III. verb  Etymology: Middle French roffler  Date: 1598  intransitive verb to take a trick with a trump  transitive verb to play a trump on (a card previously led or played)  IV. noun  Date: circa 1828 the act of trumping ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
  1. n. 1 a projecting starched frill worn round the neck esp. in the 16th c. 2 a projecting or conspicuously coloured ring of feathers or hair round a bird's or animal's neck. 3 a domestic pigeon like a jacobin. 4 (fem. reeve) a wading bird, Philomachus pugnax, of which the male has a ruff and ear-tufts in the breeding season. Derivatives rufflike adj. Etymology: perh. f. ruff = ROUGH 2. n. (also ruffe) any of various fish, esp. a perch-like freshwater fish, Gymnocephalus cernua, found in European lakes and rivers. Etymology: ME, prob. f. ROUGH 3. v. & n. --v.intr. & tr. trump at cards. --n. an act of ruffing. Etymology: orig. the name of a card-game: f. OF roffle, rouffle, = It. ronfa (perh. alt. of trionfo TRUMP(1)) ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
  1) орнит. турухтан (Philomachus pugnax) 2) ёрш (Acerina cernua) 3) австралийский ёрш (Arripis georgianus) 4) кольцо перьев или шерсти вокруг шеи (у птиц и животных) – black ruff ...
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
5.
  1. ист. круглый плоеный жесткий воротник 2. кольцо перьев или шерсти вокруг шеи (у птиц и животных) 3. круговой выступ на валу; гребень 4. зоол. ерш (Acerina cernua) 5. зоол. турухтан (Philomachus) 6. карт. козырять, бить козырем ...
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  I noun  1) брыжи; рюш  2) кольцо перьев или шерсти вокруг шеи (у птиц и животных)  3) турухтан (птица)  4) tech. гребень, круговой выступ на валу II noun ерш (рыба) III cards  1. noun козырь  2. v. бить козырем ...
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