1. [verb] (transitive) (archaic) to put in danger, terror, or at risk
2. [noun] (historical) A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century.
3. [noun] A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
4. [noun] A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
5. [verb] (military) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.
6. [noun] A large thick pancake with slices of bacon in it.
7. [noun] A ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century.
8. [noun] Sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes.