Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
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.
Informal clothing for men, as opposed to formal or ceremonial wear.
Partial or informal dress for women, as worn in the home rather than in public.
Now more specifically, a state of having few or no clothes on.
To remove the clothing of (someone).
To remove one's clothing.
To remove one’s clothing.
To strip of something.
To take the dressing, or covering, from.