(a) To thrust (sth.), drive (a stake, etc.); picchen in (o, to, into), stick, thrust, or drive (sth.) into (sth.); surround (a wood) with a palisade [quot.: a1450, 1st]; (b) to pierce (sb. or sth.)……
(a) Of hair: to ruffle, become ruffled; (b) to ruffle (among things), poke about; also, disturb the order of (sth.); (c) to entangle; ?also, snare; ppl.ruffeled, entangled, tangled, knotted.
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