Definition of Rufflings

1. ruffling [n] - See also: ruffling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rufflings

ruffins
ruffle
ruffle some feathers
ruffle up
ruffled
ruffleless
rufflement
rufflements
ruffler
rufflers
ruffles
rufflier
ruffliest
rufflike
ruffling
rufflings (current term)
ruffly
ruffs
rufie
rufigallic
rufigallic acid
rufiopin
rufiyaa
rufiyaas
rufol
rufous
rufous-backed antvireo
rufous-bellied kookaburra
rufous-capped antshrike
rufous-capped antshrikes

Literary usage of Rufflings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Testimony Taken by the Subcommittee on the Tariff of the Senate Committee on by U. S Congress Senate. Committee on finance (1888)
"In the struggle to hold their trade the manufacturers of rufflings were forced to ... Nearly all neck rufflings are trimmed or ornamented with beads, metal, ..."

2. United States Compiled Statutes, Annotated, 1916: Embracing the Statutes of by United States, John Allan Mallory (1917)
"Neck rufflings.—In construing Act 1894, par. 276, which relates to "neck ... "neck" should not be re-read in connection with the word "rufflings," and that ..."

3. Hand Book of the United States Tariff: Containing the Tariff Act of 1913 by Vandegrift, F.B., & Co, William Watson Rich, United States (1913)
"... cotton or other vegetable fiber 60% 358 " rufflings and ... of artificial or imitation silk or imitation horsehair 60% 358 " rufflings and ..."

4. Synopsis of the Decisions of the Treasury Department on the Construction of by United States Dept. of the Treasury, Dept. of the Treasury, United States (1892)
"The fact that it is not used there, renders legitimate and logical the inference that no more was intended than wa.< said, namely, that rufflings and ..."

5. New York's Great Industries: Exchange and Commercial Review, Embracing Also by Edwards and Critten, Historical publishing company (1885)
"These rufflings are produced in endless variety and style, ... Buyers of lace goods and rufflings cannot be fully informed as to the attraction which the ..."

6. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1872)
"... edged on both sides by rufflings, '"e whole so designed as to form a labyrinth cf conchs where the rufflings seem to chase each other in and out The ..."

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