 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
reeve
noun: female ruff
verb
1: pass a rope through; "reeve an opening"
2: pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope"
3: fasten by passing through a hole or around something
[also: {rove}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reeve \Reeve\ (r?v), noun (Zo["o]l.)
The female of the ruff.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reeve \Reeve\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Rove} (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Reeving}.] [Cf. D. reven. See {Reef}, noun & verb (used with an object)] (Naut.)
To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block,
thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reeve \Reeve\, noun [OE. reve, AS. ger[=e]fa. Cf. {Sheriff}.]
an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in
compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve,
etc. --Chaucer. --Piers Plowman.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reve \Reve\, noun [See {Reeve}.]
An officer, steward, or governor. [Usually written {reeve}.]
[Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ruff \Ruff\, noun [Of uncertain origin: cf. Icel. r[umc]finn
rough, uncombed, Pr. ruf rude, rough, Sp. rufo frizzed,
crisp, curled, G. raufen to pluck, fight, rupfen to pluck,
pull, E. rough. [root]18. Cf. {Ruffle} to wrinkle.]
1. A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn
formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children.
Here to-morrow with his best ruff on. --Shak.
His gravity is much lessened since the late
proclamation came out against ruffs; . . . they were
come to that height of excess herein, that twenty
shillings were used to be paid for starching of a
ruff. --Howell.
2. Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar
of this name.
I reared this flower; . . .
Soft on the paper ruff its leaves I spread. --Pope.
3. An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.
How many princes . . . in the ruff of all their
glory, have been taken down from the head of a
conquering army to the wheel of the victor's
chariot! --L'Estrange.
4. Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct. [Obs.]
To ruffle it out in a riotous ruff. --Latimer.
5. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a
roll; a ruffle.
6. (Mach.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent
endwise motion. See Illust. of {Collar}.
7. (Zo["o]l.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified
feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird.
8. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia ({Pavoncella
pugnax}, syn. {Philomachus pugnax}) allied to the
sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have
a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their
colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on
the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their
pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called
{reeve}, or {rheeve}.
(b) A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its
neck.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "reeve":
G-man, MP, alderman, archon, bailie, bailiff, beadle, beagle,
bound bailiff, burghermaster, burgomaster, cabinet member,
cabinet minister, captain, catchpole, chancellor, chief of police,
city councilman, city father, city manager, commissar,
commissioner, constable, councillor, councilman, councilwoman,
county commissioner, county supervisor, deputy, deputy sheriff,
detective, elder, fed, federal, flic, gendarme, government man,
headman, induna, inspector, legislator, lictor, lieutenant,
lord mayor, mace-bearer, magistrate, maire, marshal, mayor,
minister, minister of state, mounted policeman, narc, officer,
patrolman, peace officer, police captain, police commissioner,
police constable, police inspector, police matron, police officer,
police sergeant, policeman, policewoman, portreeve, roundsman,
secretary, secretary of state, selectman, sergeant,
sergeant at arms, sheriff, superintendent, supervisor, syndic,
tipstaff, tipstaves, trooper, undersecretary, warden
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