Rip"ple (?), n. [FRom Rip, v.]
An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
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Rip"ple, v. t.
1.
To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
2.
Hence, to scratch or tear.
Holland.
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Rip"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rippled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Rippling (?).] [Cf. Rimple, Rumple.]
1.
To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.
2.
To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
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Rip"ple, v. t.
To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.
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Rip"ple, n.
1.
The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
2.
A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.
Ripple grass. Bot. See Ribwort. -- Ripple marks, a system of parallel ridges on sand, produced by wind, by the current of a steam, or by the agitation of wind waves; also Geol., a system of parallel ridges on the surface of a sandstone stratum.
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