A forceful attack, be it written or spoken.
The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.
One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing.
A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.
To collide with something side-on.
Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.
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.