ruff¹ /ruf/

1. A frill, usu starched and pleated, worn round the neck, esp in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods
2. An animal's or bird's collar of long hair or feathers
3. A ruffed breed of domestic pigeon

1. To provide with a ruff
2. To ruffle (Spenser)
3. To strike without securing (falconry; obsolete)

ruffed /ruft/ adjective

Having a ruff

ruffed grouse noun

A N American game bird (Bonasa umbellus) with neck feathers that can be extended into a ruff

ruff² /ruf/

1. An old card game similar to whist or trumps (also called ruff and honours)
2. An act of trumping

To trump

ruff³ /ruf/

A kind of sandpiper (Philomachus pugnax), the male of which has an erectile ruff during the breeding season (see also reeve³)

ruff⁴ or ruffe /ruf/

The pope, a small freshwater fish of the perch family, with one dorsal fin

ruffˈin noun (Spenser)

The ruff

ruff⁵ /ruf/

1. A low vibrating beat of a drum
2. Applause, esp with the feet (Scot)

1. To beat or be beaten with a ruff
2. To applaud (Scot)

ruffˈ-a-duffˈ noun

Drumming

ruffˈle noun

A ruff of drums

To ruff

ruff⁷ or ruffe /ruf/ (obsolete)

1. Pitch or height of exaltation
2. Elation
3. Excitement

slam² /slam/

1. An old card game, also called ruff or trump
2. (in whist) the winning of every trick
3. (in bridge) the winning of every trick (grand slam) or of all but one (small or little slam)

To inflict a slam upon

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