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Definition: RUFFIN |
RUFFINAdjective1. Disordered. |
Date "RUFFIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Note: Ruffin \Ruf"fin\, adjective. [See Ruffian.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Song Titles | What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted (performing artist: Jimmy Ruffin) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Line engraving, based on a sketch "by an officer of the 'Mahaska'", published in "Harper's Weekly", Volume 6, July-December 1862, page 540. USS Mahaska is in the left foreground. Edmund Ruffin of Virginia, a leading figure of the seccession movement, was credited with firing the first shot of the bombardment of Fort Sumter, the opening gun of the Civil War. Credit: NAVY. |  | The Pacific Mail Company's steamer "Golden Gate," burned at sea July 27, 1862 The United States Infantry burning the house of the Rebel Ruffin under the guns of the United States gun-boat "Mahaska" / / sketched by an officer of the "Mahaska.". Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mr. Edmund Ruffin, said to have fired first shot against Fort Sumter. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ruffin, residence in Nassau, Bahamas. Entrance II. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Edmund Ruffin | Banks and riches are chains of gold, but still chains. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "RUFFIN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ruffin | Last name | 9,000 | 1,416 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Ruffin, NC 2. Ruffin, SC |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "RUFFIN": ruffing. (additional references) | |
Words containing "RUFFIN": crossruffing, gruffing, overruffing, scruffiness, scruffinesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "RUFFIN" (pronounced 'Ruf"fin'): Beaufin, Biffin, Blackfin, Bluefin, Buffin, Encoffin, Muffin, Ragamuffin, Redfin, threadfin, tiffin. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-f-i-n-r-u" | |
-2 letters: firn, riff, ruff, ruin. | |
-3 letters: fin, fir, fun, fur, iff, rif, rin, run, urn. | |
-4 letters: if, in, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-f-i-n-r-u" | |
+1 letter: funfair, ruffian, ruffing. | |
+2 letters: funfairs, gruffing, ruffians, ruffling, snuffier. | |
+3 letters: buffering, fungiform, rebuffing, ruffianly, snufflier, suffering. | |
+4 letters: coiffuring, gauffering, ragamuffin, restuffing, ruffianism, sufferings, unfruitful. | |
+5 letters: faultfinder, fructifying, insufflator, offscouring, overruffing, ragamuffins, reshuffling, ruffianisms, scruffiness, unfortified. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 55 46 46 49 4E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. ..- ..-. ..-. .. -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01010101 01000110 01000110 01001001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R U F F I N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0055 0046 0046 0049 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)525540404348 |
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