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ruff(5) (iou) and Newt (medicine)


ruff(5) (iou)



ruff verb2. L16.
[Rel. to RUFF noun2.]
Cards.
verb intrans. Play a trump, trump a card, suit, etc. Formerly also, draw one or more cards from a stock while discarding in exchange. L16.
verb trans. Lay a trump on, trump (a card, suit, etc.). M18.
ruff out Bridge defeat (a card or suit) by trumping, so as to establish master cards in the suit led.
ruffer noun a card that ruffs or trumps another E17.

Newt (medicine)


newt
<zoology> Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt (Triton cristatus) and the smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most abundant species.

Origin: OE. Ewt, evete, AS. Efete, with n prefixed, an ewt being understood as a newt. Cf. Eft.

Source: Websters Dictionary