Category:Ripple

Rip"ple, n. Etym: [from rip, v.]

Defn: an implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the Seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.

Ripple 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.

Ripple Rip"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rippled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rippling.] Etym: [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.

Ripple Rip"ple, v. t.

Defn: to fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover With small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.

Ripple 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.