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haemralopia (medicine) and ruffle(1) (iou)


haemralopia (medicine)


haemralopia
<ophthalmology> Day blindness, defective vision in a bright light.

Origin: Gr. Hemera = day, alaos = blind


ruffle(1) (iou)



ruffle noun1. E16.
[from RUFFLE verb1.]
I. a. Impairment of one's reputation. rare. Only in E16.
b. Disorder, confusion. (Not always clearly distinguishable from RUFFLE noun2.) M16-E18.
A state of mental or emotional disturbance; agitation, perturbation, an instance of this. E18.
b. A disturbing or annoying experience or encounter; annoyance, vexation, a cause of this. E18.
A break or change in the smoothness or evenness of something; a fold or wrinkle produced by ruffling. E18.
J. Trollope There was..Lady Unwin, swimming forwards in a tide of green silk ruffles.
A. Jessopp Never..a ruffle on the gently heaving water.
The action of ruffling cards. L19.
II. A loose fold or turned-down top of a high-topped boot. Only in L16.
A strip of lace etc. gathered along one edge to make an ornamental frill, esp. for the wrist or neck of a garment; a fold of material gathered for decoration (usu. in pl.). L17.
b. In pl. Handcuffs. slang. L18-E20.
c. An object resembling a ruffle; esp. the ruff of a bird. M19.
Comb.: ruffle shirt N. Amer. (a) a shirt decorated with ruffles; (b) transf. an aristocrat, a wealthy person.
ruffly adjective (rare) slightly ruffled or curled; having a ruffle or ruffles: L19.