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ruffe, ruff [rʌf]
n (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European freshwater teleost fish, Acerina cernua, having a single spiny dorsal fin: family Percidae (perches) Also called pope [perhaps an alteration of rough (referring to its scales)] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Crawford likens The true discripcion of a Childe with Ruffes (1566) to the slightly earlier Elizabethan "Homilie Against Excess of Apparel," both of which "preached specifically to women"--or, to quote the homily, to "the proude and haughtie . The true discription of a childe with ruffes (London, 1566; STC 1033) should have H. In The Fair Maid of the Exchange, Phillis Flower, the "fa ir maid" of the play's title, offers a gentleman customer a choice: Of Lawnes, or Cambricks, Ruffes well wrought, Shirts, Fine falling bands of the Italian cut-worke, Ruffes for your hands, wast-cotes wrought with silke Night-caps of gold, or such like wearing linnen, Fit for the Chap-man of what ere degree. |
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