Word Meanings - RUFFLER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian. Assaults, if not murders, done at his own doors by that crew of rufflers. Milton. 2. That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.

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• RUFFIAN
  brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.
• MAKE AND BREAK
  Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
• MACHINER
  One who or operates a machine; a machinist.
• MAKING-IRON
  A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in.
• SPECIFICALLY
  In a specific manner.
• DOORSTEAD
  Entrance or place of a door. Bp. Warburton.
• DOORSTEP
  The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.
• DOORSTONE
  The stone forming a threshold.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• DOORSILL
  The sill or threshold of a door.
• MAKED
  Made. Chaucer.
• SWAGGERER
  One who swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisy fellow. Shak.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• DOORSTOP
  The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.
• BULLY; BULLY BEEF
  Pickled or canned beef. (more info) boil. See Boil, v. The word bouilli was formerly commonly used on the
• MAKE-UP
  The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character. The unthinking masses are necessarily teleological in their mental make-up. L. F. Ward.
• RUFFIANLIKE
  Ruffianly. Fulke.
• MAKESHIFT
  That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.
• BULLY TREE
  The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceæ, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.
• RUFFIANISH
  Having the qualities or manners of a ruffian; ruffianly.
• GRAMME MACHINE
  A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.
• MANTUAMAKER
  One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.
• BRUISEWORT
  A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.
• BURRING MACHINE
  A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
• BOOTMAKER
  One who makes boots. -- Boot"mak`ing, n.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• BRICKMAKER
  One whose occupation is to make bricks. -- Brick"mak*ing, n.
• CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
  Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
• HOUSEWIFE
  A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for 3. A hussy. Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. (more info) 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good
• SAILMAKER
  One whose occupation is to make or repair sails. -- Sail"mak`ing, n.
• WIDOW-MAKER
  One who makes widows by destroying husbands. Shak.
• ELSEWISE
  Otherwise.
• MATCHMAKER
  1. One who makes matches for burning or kinding. 2. One who tries to bring about marriages.