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ruff
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ruff1
1. a natural growth of long or coloured hair or feathers around the necks of certain animals or birds
2. 
a. an Old World shore bird, Philomachus pugnax, the male of which has a large erectile ruff of feathers in the breeding season: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc.), order Charadriiformes
b. the male of this bird

ruff2 Cards
1. another word for trump
2. an old card game similar to whist


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Anyone involved with buildings today--building owners and managers, construction and remodeling professionals, employers, attorneys and insurers--needs an independent source of objective, up-to-date, scientifically based guidance," said Brian Ruffe, CIH, head of BEM's Indoor Air Quality/Mold team.
unto theyr rest, they being now in their ruffe and triumphe, like as the Pharisees when they had brought Christ to hys grave, devise with themselves how to keep hym downe stil, and to over treade truth for ever.
The adoption of UNSPSC takes GHX's commitment to accurate data to the next level," says Kevin Ruffe, GHX vice president of Operations.
 
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