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   Ripple , 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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   Ripple, v. t.
   To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
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   Hence, to scratch or tear.
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   Ripple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rippled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rippling .] [Cf. Rimple, Rumple.]
   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.
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   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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   Ripple, 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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   Ripple, n.
   The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
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   A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.
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   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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