(v.) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing
the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
(v. t.) To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by
means of a ripple.
(v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough
bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
(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.
(n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running
water; little curling waves.
(n.) A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by
little waves; as, a ripple of laughter.
(n.) a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for
which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension.
(n.) the residual AC component in the DC current output from a
rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the
current.
