Толковый словарь английского языка - ruff
Ruff
ruff
I. noun or ~e Etymology: Middle English ruf Date: 15th century a small freshwater European perch (Acerina cernua), II. noun Etymology: probably back-formation from ~le Date: 1555 a large round collar of pleated muslin or linen worn by men and women of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, a fringe or frill of long hairs or feathers growing around or on the neck of an animal, a common Eurasian sandpiper (Philomachus pugnax) whose male during the breeding season has a large ~ of erectile feathers on the neck, ~ed adjective III. verb Etymology: Middle French roffler Date: 1598 intransitive verb to take a trick with a trump, transitive verb to play a trump on (a card previously led or played), IV. noun Date: circa 1828 the act of trumping
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1. n. 1 a projecting starched frill worn round the neck esp. in the 16th c. 2 a projecting or conspicuously coloured ring of feathers or hair round a bird's or animal's neck. 3 a domestic pigeon like a jacobin. 4 (fem. reeve) a wading bird, Philomachus pugnax, of which the male has a ruff and ear-tufts in the breeding season. Derivatives rufflike adj. Etymology: perh. f. ruff = ROUGH 2. n. (also ruffe) any of various fish, esp. a perch-like freshwater fish, Gymnocephalus cernua, found in European lakes and rivers. Etymology: ME, prob. f. ROUGH 3. v. & n. --v.intr. & tr. trump at cards. --n. an act of ruffing. Etymology: orig. the name of a card-game: f. OF roffle, rouffle, = It. ronfa (perh. alt. of trionfo TRUMP(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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