单词 | ruffed |
释义 | ruffedadj.1 1. Provided with or having a ruff or ruffs; wearing a ruff. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing neckwear collaredc1405 barbeda1529 ruffed1548 wimpled1579 quilled-up1694 starch-ruffed1783 cravatted1801 neckclothed1825 bandanaed1831 boa'd1831 black-tied1848 mufflered1859 white-collared1860 chokered1865 comfortered1880 tied1911 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxiij Ruffed sleues with foresleues pendant. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 218 What would he haue said of our Courtiers, so finely curled, ruft, and perfumed? 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. ii. 19/1 Boys coat with round or ruffed Sleeves. 1788 Royal Magnificence 51 Studded garments, of the ruff'd Vandyke. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough ii. 21 That marble Arch our Sexton's favourite show, With all those ruff'd and painted Pairs below. 1859 C. Kingsley Misc. II. 134 If we met such a ruffed and ruffled worthy as used to swagger by hundreds up and down Paul's Walk. 1883 B. Worcester Life & Mission E. Swedenborg v. 103 The clergyman has a stiff ruffed collar lined with black. 1908 G. de S. Wentworth-James Wild Widow xv. 129 A fierce ruffed gentleman, who might have passed for Shakespeare. 1996 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 21 Dec. w9 The great folds and masses of fabric,..the ruffed collars and billowy sleeves. 2. Designating leaves that are wrinkled, curled, or ruffled; having such leaves. Now rare.Chiefly with reference to curly kale. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > wrinkled or creased rivelledlOE hirpleda1400 runkleda1400 rimpleda1425 wrimpledc1430 crimpled1440 frumpledc1440 runkle?1440 ruscledc1440 crumple1523 wrinkled?1523 creased1545 pursy1552 shrivelled1565 wrinkly1573 crumpled1577 ruffed1578 scrimpledc1590 wrizzled1590 wimpled1599 rucked1600 puckered1606 cappard1608 wrinkleful1608 plighty1615 yfrouncta1643 puggered1653 caperated1657 wreathed1657 pursed1676 crinkly1750 runkly1772 wrinkling1791 ruckya1825 puckery1830 creasy1858 seamy1874 crinkle1886 kinkled1890 bumfled1943 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. vi. 553 Ruffed, or curled Colewurtes. 1634 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World (new ed.) II. xix. viii. 26 The Sabellian Coles, what curled and ruffed leaues they carry, it is a wonder to see. 1822 H. Phillips Hist. Cultivated Veg. (ed. 2) I. 96 The Sabellian coles, with curled and ruffed leaves, are mentioned as having a small stem, which supports heads of a wonderful size. 1874 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 178/1 The most ancient Greek writers mention three kinds of Cole: the crisp or ruffed, which they called Selinas or Selinoides, from its resemblance to parsley; the second was called Lea, and the third Corambe. 1943 W. R. Van Dersal Amer. Land ix. 115 The large wrinkled or ruffed leaves are usually boiled as green vegetables or used for feeding livestock. 3. Ruffled, dishevelled, disordered. Also with up or with modifying word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > ruffed ruffed1591 1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 402 Thy gay Sonne, that winged God of Love, May now goe prune his plumes like ruffed Dove. a1701 C. Sedley tr. 4th Bk. Virgil in Poet. Wks. (1707) 116 Their Wings..foul and ruffed. 1886 St. Nicholas Aug. 747 A ruffed-up, great big owl. 1894 M. O. Wright Friendship of Nature 20 The redstart, with breeze-ruffed feathers. 1910 G. W. Browne Ruel Durkee iv. 44 The good deacon smoothed out his ruffed whiskers. 2001 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 1 July a26 Graceful hulls slipping silently through wind-ruffed waters. Compounds In the names of birds and mammals: having a ruff of feathers or fur. a. General uses. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pigeon chaperonné, a ruffed, or copped, Pigeon. 1758 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. I. 79 The Ruffed Heath-cock, or Grous. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 33 The ruffed Sagoin. 1907 Rep. U.S. National Museum 89/1 Ruffed pigeon, Columba livia. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 90/2 Twelve cats in the list may be undescribed species; these include the Spotted Lion and the Nayarit Ruffed Cat. b. ruffed bustard n. the houbara bustard, Chlamydotis undulata.Formerly applied to two forms that have since been conflated under a single species. ΚΠ 1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 805 Ruffed Bustard. 1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. 448 Ruffed bustard..inhabits Arabia and the northern parts of Africa. 1911 Encycl. Sport & Games (new ed.) I. 371/2 The Western Ruffed Bustard or Houbara, O. undulata.., occasionally wanders to S. Europe, and is found in the Canary Islands. 2009 J. Finder Vanished xix. 88 Found myself staring at some of the weirder-looking birds on the wall—the Ruffed Bustard, the Sacred ibis, the Balearic crane. ruffed grouse n. a North American woodland grouse, Bonasa umbellus, which has variegated plumage with black neck ruffs which in the male are raised in display.There are two colour morphs, respectively greyish brown and reddish brown. ΚΠ 1758 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. I. xxxviii. 82 I have made the following extract relating to the history of this Ruffed Grous, or Pheasant. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 235 Ruffed Grouse... Sides of the neck with a tuft of numerous..broad, soft, glossy-black feathers. 2006 Northern Woodlands Autumn 36/1 The ruffed grouse..is recognized most widely by the male's distinctive drumming. ruffed lemur n. either of two large Madagascan lemurs of the genus Varecia having long thick hair on the ears.The black and white ruffed lemur and the red ruffed lemur were formerly placed together in the species V. variegata. ΚΠ 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 44 L. P. Macaco (Ruffed Lemur). Fur varied with large regular patches of white and black; tail black. 1897 H. O. Forbes Hand-bk. Primates I. 69 The Ruffed or Variable Lemur. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo iv. 61 The ring-tailed and ruffed lemurs are mainly diurnal. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees vii. 156 The flowers..produce an abundance of nectar—which attracts the black-and-white ruffed lemur. ΚΠ 1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 138 Ruffed maucauco. 1797 Encycl. Brit. IX. 785/2 The..ruffed maucauco, (the Vari of Buffon), is also an inhabitant of Madagascar. 1800 Naturalist's Pocket Mag. 5 at Mangabey They come from the same country as the Vari, or Ruffed Maucauco. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † ruffedadj.2 Obsolete. 1. Hat-making. Covered with beaver or some other fur. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > hat > made of specific material > felt > covered with ruffed1841 1841 Penny Mag. 15 May 192/1 The materials for a hat, such as the beaver,..are shown, first in the crude state,..then as a felted cap, and lastly, in the beavered or ‘ruffed’ state. 1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) I. iii. iv. 763 Few beaver or ruffed hats meet the English manufacturer in the markets referred to. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XI. 518/2 Felt hats are of three different kinds, plain soft, plain hard, and ‘napped’ or ‘ruffed’ felts. 2. Of flax: dressed or heckled with a ruffer. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > treated or processed textiles > [adjective] > flax, hemp, or jute tear1532 rippled1724 ruffed1853 1853 A. Ure Dict. Arts (ed. 4) I. 741 When this is finished the ‘ruffed’ work is taken to the tool called a ‘common 8’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.11548adj.21841 |
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