An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
A light, gentle wind.
Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
A brief workout for a racehorse.
A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
To take a horse on a light run in order to understand the running characteristics of the horse and to observe it while under motion.
To blow gently.
To move casually, in a carefree manner.
To swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples in the surface.
To buzz.
Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
To throw together in a disorderly manner.
To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.