Ruff

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(superl.) Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

an ecclesiastical garment:

(1) a piece of plaited linen worn round the neck; (2) a falling collar; (3) an academical robe of silk worn over the gown of certain graduates; (4) a name sometimes given in the 17th century to the hood or tippet worn by clerics in Church.

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