"They say it wasn't the fellows who were in the roomsome of them put the gas out; but it was a lot of other chaps, who rushed in after, who did all the damage and caused such 'ructions.'

" <Quarrel, altercation, disagreement, contention, controversy, breach, rupture, dispute, dissension, bickering, wrangle, broil, squabble, row, rumpus, ruction, spat, tiff, fuss, jar, feud.

Well, he went up to the woman in the dressing-room, and said he came after her stomach pump, ostrich size, and you'd a died to see the ruction.

"Every time the women raise ructions it sets me thinking of her.

There'll be ructions.

But the ructions did not take place that day.

"By Jove!" said Ajax, "that was a ruction.

The skewbald Cappadocian mistook that for a signal to exert himself and for a minute there were ructions while his master reined him in.

The minute they find out we've fooled them there'll be ructions.

" "I am good at ructions!"

"Domestic ructions again, I suppose.

" "And then there will be ructions," Poulteney remarked softly.

"Yes, there will be ructions of a highly-coloured and interesting description.

The storm centre has slipped away to the north, and we can count ourselves out of the ruction for the present.

"There must be no ructions in your room.

That ruction on the Tyee is a sample.

She's rasin ructions above stairs.

"A little ruction up at the Twin Sisters.

They did not anticipate much help from bystanders, even if they should gain the street, but they knew that such a ruction as they would be able to put up would attract the attention of the authorities, and so bring the matter before the courts.

Whether Mrs M'Swat saw she had been in fault the day before I know not; certain it is that the children ever after that obeyed me, and I heard no more of the matter; neither, as far as I could ascertain, did the "ruction" reach the ears of M'Swat.

" I said I knew numbers of perfect dears married in England, and he said, "Maybe, maybe, but if there comes a ruction, they won't grin and bear it in silence on account of the family as you would, they will take it into the courts, and come out on top, too; but it causes a talk and that is not good for prestige.

I reckon maybe dat's why he quit bein' a Democratic an' started ructions wid Mr. Gully.

If 'e should 'earI'm advisin' for yer good, mindif 'e should 'ear as five 'orses was 'ung up on the wharf 'ere through S. 'Olly an' Son's neglect, you may look out for ructions.

Vestments were torn and scattered, and a mighty ruction arose, to which the laity, not to be outdone, added by striking up a hymn of their own.