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unˈruffle, v.
[un-2 7 and 3.]
1. intr. To become smooth or tranquil.
1697Dryden æneis i. 212 Where e're he guides His finny Coursers,..The Waves unruffle, and the Sea subsides. 1871[see unruffling ppl. a.2].
2. trans. To restore from a ruffled state.
1827Lamb Wife's Trial Wks. 1908 II. 805 A witch..can by a backward charm Unruffle the foul storm she has just been raising. 1833Lady Granville Lett. (1894) II. 148 This does not seem to unruffle Dolly's plumes. |