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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruffling}.] [From {Ruff} a plaited collar, a drum beat, a tumult: cf. OD. ruyffelen to wrinkle.] 1. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt. [1913 Webster] 3. To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion. [1913 Webster] The fantastic revelries . . . that so often ruffled the placid bosom of the Nile. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] She smoothed the ruffled seas. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To erect in a ruff, as feathers. [1913 Webster] [the swan] ruffles her pure cold plume. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 5. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum. [1913 Webster] 6. To discompose; to agitate; to disturb. [1913 Webster] These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] But, ever after, the small violence done Rankled in him and ruffled all his heart. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 7. To throw into disorder or confusion. [1913 Webster] Where best He might the ruffled foe infest. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] 8. To throw together in a disorderly manner. [R.] [1913 Webster] I ruffled up falen leaves in heap. --Chapman [1913 Webster] {To ruffle the feathers of}, to exite the resentment of; to irritate. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, v. i. [Perhaps of different origin from ruffle to wrinkle; cf. OD. roffeln, roffen, to pander, LG. raffein, Dan. ruffer a pimp. Cf. {Rufflan}.] 1. To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent. [R.] [1913 Webster] The night comes on, and the bleak winds Do sorely ruffle. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter. [1913 Webster] On his right shoulder his thick mane reclined, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger. [1913 Webster] They would ruffle with jurors. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Gallants who ruffled in silk and embroidery. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, n. [See {Ruffle}, v. t. & i.] 1. That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill. [1913 Webster] 2. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also {ruff}. --H. L. Scott. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus {Fulgur}. See {Ootheca}. [1913 Webster] {Ruffle of a boot}, the top turned down, and scalloped or plaited. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: ruffle n 1: a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim [syn: {frill}, {flounce}, {ruffle}, {furbelow}] 2: a high tight collar [syn: {choker}, {ruff}, {ruffle}, {neck ruff}] 3: a noisy fight [syn: {affray}, {disturbance}, {fray}, {ruffle}] v 1: stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: {ripple}, {ruffle}, {riffle}, {cockle}, {undulate}] 2: trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure" 3: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" [syn: {tittup}, {swagger}, {ruffle}, {prance}, {strut}, {sashay}, {cock}] 4: discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues" 5: twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" [syn: {flick}, {ruffle}, {riffle}] 6: mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards" [syn: {shuffle}, {ruffle}, {mix}] 7: erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" [syn: {ruffle}, {fluff}] 8: disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water" [syn: {ruffle}, {ruffle up}, {rumple}, {mess up}] 9: pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric" [syn: {ruffle}, {pleat}]