Ripieno
(||Ri*pi*e"no) a. [It.] (Mus.) Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; — a term applied to those
instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato.
Ripler
(Rip"ler Rip"per) n. [Cf. Rip a basket, or Riparian.] (O.E. Law) One who brings fish from the
seacoast to markets in inland towns. [Obs.]
But what's the action we are for now ?
Robbing a ripper of his fish.
Beau. & Fl. Ripost
(Ri*post") n. [F. riposte.]
1. In fencing, a return thrust after a parry.
2. A quick and sharp refort; a repartee. J. Morley.
Ripper
(Rip"per) n.
1. One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool.
2. A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
3. Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc. [Slang.]
Ripple
(Rip"ple) 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.
Ripple
(Rip"ple), v. t.
1. To remove the seeds from 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 ] [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. 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.
3. (physics) a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity,
but surface tension.
4. (Electrical engineering) the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed
as a percentage of the steady component of the current.
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.
