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Definition of Ruckle

1. Verb. Make a hoarse, rattling sound.

2. Verb. Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in. "They ruckle the sheets"; "Crease the paper like this to make a crane"

Definition of Ruckle

1. Verb. to crease or wrinkle ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ruckle

1. to ruck [v -LED, -LING, -LES] - See also: ruck

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruckle

rubywood ruc rucervine ruche ruched ruches ruching ruchings ruck ruck rover

ruck rovers ruck up rucked rucked up rucking ruckle (current term) ruckled ruckles rucklidgeite ruckling

ruckman ruckmen rucks rucksac rucksack rucksacks rucksacs ruckseat ruckseats ruckus

Literary usage of Ruckle

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

1. Lackawanna Jurist by Lackawanna Bar Association (1907)
"In Re: The Estate of Billington ruckle, Deceased. ... The decedent Billington ruckle, the illegitimate son of Martha Creveling, deceased, died on or about ..."

2. The Earliest Churches of New York and Its Vicinity by Gabriel Poillon Disosway (1865)
"... IN 1760, AT NEW YORK, OF IRISH WESLEYANS PAUL ruckle, JACOB HECK, AND OTHERS. • THE lamentation of Bishop Burnet, on the state of the Church in his day, ..."

3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... "effects" to a person designated should be construed to include estate acquired in fee by the testatrix after publication of the will. ruckle v. ..."

4. Lackawanna Jurist by Lackawanna Bar Association (1907)
"In Re: The Estate of Billington ruckle, Deceased. ... The decedent Billington ruckle, the illegitimate son of Martha Creveling, deceased, died on or about ..."

5. The Earliest Churches of New York and Its Vicinity by Gabriel Poillon Disosway (1865)
"... IN 1760, AT NEW YORK, OF IRISH WESLEYANS PAUL ruckle, JACOB HECK, AND OTHERS. • THE lamentation of Bishop Burnet, on the state of the Church in his day, ..."

6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... "effects" to a person designated should be construed to include estate acquired in fee by the testatrix after publication of the will. ruckle v. ..."

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