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  • 21Heading course — Heading Head ing, n. 1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head. [1913 Webster] 2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper. [1913 Webster] 3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.… …

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  • 22Heading joint — Heading Head ing, n. 1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head. [1913 Webster] 2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper. [1913 Webster] 3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.… …

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  • 23Ruffle — Ruf fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruffling}.] [From {Ruff} a plaited collar, a drum beat, a tumult: cf. OD. ruyffelen to wrinkle.] 1. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.… …

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  • 24Ruffled — Ruffle Ruf fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruffling}.] [From {Ruff} a plaited collar, a drum beat, a tumult: cf. OD. ruyffelen to wrinkle.] 1. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to… …

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  • 25Rufflement — Ruf fle*ment, n. The act of ruffling. [R.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 26To ruffle the feathers of — Ruffle Ruf fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ruffling}.] [From {Ruff} a plaited collar, a drum beat, a tumult: cf. OD. ruyffelen to wrinkle.] 1. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to… …

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  • 27ripple — I. verb (rippled; rippling) Etymology: perhaps frequentative of 1rip Date: circa 1671 intransitive verb 1. a. to become lightly ruffled or covered with small waves b. to flow in small waves c. to fall in soft undulating folds …

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  • 28ruffle — I. verb (ruffled; ruffling) Etymology: Middle English ruffelen; akin to Low German ruffelen to crumple Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. roughen, abrade b. trouble, vex …

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  • 29Ornithology — This article is about the field of zoology. For the jazz composition, see Ornithology (composition). Part of a series on Zoology …

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  • 30Emu — For other uses, see Emu (disambiguation). Emu Temporal range: Paleocene–present …

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