3 entries under this word

Ripple

Rĭp'ple, v. i.

verbintransitive

(rĭp'pl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. RIPPLED; p. pr. & vb. n. RIPPLING.] [Diminutive of rip, q. v.; L. Ger. repeln, N. H. Ger. riffeln, to pill flax, to hatchel, O. H. Ger. rifilôn. Cf. RIFLE.] 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.

Rĭp'ple, v. t.

verbtransitive

(rĭp'pl), v. t. [See supra.]

To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations.
To remove the seeds from, as the stalks of flax, by means of a ripple.

Rĭp'ple, n.

noun

n. 1. The fretting or dimpling of the surface of running water; little, curling waves.

A little wave or undulation.
A kind of comb with long wire teeth, through which flax plants are passed in order to remove the capsules containing the seed. Simmonds.