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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Dim. of

part

A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but later by women alone; a ruff.

[Obs.]

Fuller.

A hen; – so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.

“Dame Partlett, the hen.”

Shak.

Noun.

[from part.] A ruff; a band or collar for the neck.

A hen.