† rig-ruffn.

Forms: 1600s rig-ruffe, 1800s rig-ruff.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare rig n.¹ and perhaps dandruff n. or scruff n.¹

English regional (northern). Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

A thick patch of skin covering an ulcer or a lesion; a scab.

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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mal mort, a running scab, or thicke morphew, which couering all ouer the vlcers that bee vnder it, seemes wholly dead: Some Northerne people call it, the Rigruffe (in beasts).

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. 685/1 Rig-ruff, a thick dead skin covering over a scab or ulcer. North.

1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. II. 802/2 Rig-ruff, the dead skin covering a scab or ulcer. North.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	rig-ruff
释义	† rig-ruffn. Forms: 1600s rig-ruffe, 1800s rig-ruff. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare rig n.¹ and perhaps dandruff n. or scruff n.¹ English regional (northern). Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A thick patch of skin covering an ulcer or a lesion; a scab. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > scab crust1398 roinc1400 scabc1400 scurfc1440 rovea1500 rig-ruff1611 incrustation1656 scud1825 crusta1842 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mal mort, a running scab, or thicke morphew, which couering all ouer the vlcers that bee vnder it, seemes wholly dead: Some Northerne people call it, the Rigruffe (in beasts). 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. 685/1 Rig-ruff, a thick dead skin covering over a scab or ulcer. North. 1857 T. Wright Dict. Obsolete & Provinc. Eng. II. 802/2 Rig-ruff, the dead skin covering a scab or ulcer. North. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1611
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