CROSSRUFFED

Verb

crossruffed

simple past tense and past participle of crossruff

Source: Wiktionary


CROSSRUFF

Cross"ruff` (-rf`), n. (Whist)

Definition: The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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TEMPORIZE

(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”


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