ruffe

British  

/ rʌf /

noun

1. Also called: pope.  a European freshwater teleost fish, Acerina cernua , having a single spiny dorsal fin: family Percidae (perches)

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Etymology

Origin of ruffe

C15: perhaps an alteration of _rough (referring to its scales)

Example Sentences

Out of your little ruffe, Dorcas, and in the fashion!

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

The female is called a Reeve without any ruffe about the neck, lesser then the other & hardly to bee got.

From Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes by Browne, Thomas, Sir

Well I know whence comes the titmouse, That the titmouse is a birdie, And a snake the hissing viper, And the ruffe a fish in water.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)

You shall know him by his narrow velvet cape and serge facing, and his ruffe, next his hire, the shortest thing about him....

From Notes and Queries, Number 23, April 6, 1850 by Various

This couplet may give a little sketch of the man we should now see before us: ‘His ruffe is set, his head set in his ruff; His reverend trunks become him well enough.’

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton