A feathered texture.
Plumage.
The fitting of feathers to arrows.
Visible offshoots of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches.
A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers on or around the neck of a bird.
A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
Arripis georgianus, a fish found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia; the Australian herring or tommy ruff.
An instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit.
Philomachus pugnax (syn. Calidris pugnax), a gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; specifically, a male of the species which develops a distinctive ruff of feathers and ear tufts during mating season (the female is called a reeve).
A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.
Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
A collar of lengthened or distinctively coloured fur on or around the neck of an animal.
The bark of a dog; arf, woof.
To beat a ruff or ruffle, as on a drum.
To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
Especially in the form ruff out: to defeat (a card, etc.) by ruffing, thus establishing the master card in the suit led.
Of a drum, etc.: to have a ruff or ruffle beaten on it.
To ruffle; to disorder.
Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
To play a trump card to a trick when unable to follow suit (that is, when unable to play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card).