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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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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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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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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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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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a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for
which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension. |
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the residual AC component in the DC current output from a
rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the
current. |