ripper2+ (riper)

[Also rippar, rippier, rip ier, market. But what's the action we are for now, ha? Robbing a ripper of his fish? Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, v. 1. I can send you speedier advertisement of her constancy by the next ripier that rides that way with mackrel. Chapman , Widow's Tears, ii. Also that all Ripiers , and other Fishers from any of the Sea-coasts, should sell their Fish in Corn hill and Cheap side themselves, and not to Fishmongers that would buy to sell again. Baker , Chronicles, p. 164. ripper3 (rip'ėr), n. [Perhaps a particular use of ripper1.] A fog-horn. Also called lipper. [Newfoundland.] ripping-bed (rip'ing-bed), п. A machine for dividing stones by pa ing them on a travers .. Howell , Parly of Beasts, p. 14. ( Davies , under brake .) ripple2+ (rip'l), v. t. [ repulen ; dim. or freq. (prob. confused with ripple1 ): see rip1.] To scratch or break slightly; graze. And smote Gye wyth envye, And repulde hys face and hys chynne, And of hys cheke all the skynne. MS . Cantab . Ff. ii. 38, f. 209. ( Hall i well .) A horseman's javelin, having slightly rippled the skin of his [Julian's] left arm, pierced within his short ribs. Holland , tr. of Ammianus, p. 264. ( Trench , Select Glo .) ripple3 (rip'l), v.; pret. and pp. rippled , ppr. rippling. [A mod. var. of rimple , wrinkle, due appar. to confusion with rip1 , ripple2 : see rim- ple.] I. in trans. 1. To a ume or wear a ruffled surface, as water when agitated by a gentle wind or by running over a stony bottom; be covered with small waves or undulations. IMG:content-2352.png:[blocks in formation] Gray, To Dr. Wharton, Oct. 18, 1769. Thine eddy's rippling race Would blur the perfect image of his face. D. G. Ro etti, The Stream's Secret. 2. To make a sound as of water running over a rough bottom: as, laughter rippling pleasantly. Thy slender voice with rippling trill The budding April bowers would fill. O. W. Holmes, An Old-Year Song. II. trans. 1. To fret or agitate lightly, as the surface of water; form in small waves or undulations; curl. IMG:content-2353.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2354.png:[blocks in formation] 2. An apparatus for rippling flax or hemp.. set in a wooden frame, iron teeth consists of a kind of comb having, 18 inches long. Encyc. Brit., IX. 294.