单词 | rippler |
释义 | ripplern. A person who ripples flax, in order to remove the seeds; (also) an implement for rippling, a ripple-comb. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > removing seeds > one who rippler1724 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > removing seeds > implement for rippling combc1350 ripple?c1425 ripple-comb1499 ripple-stock?a1500 rippler1724 thrippling-comb1728 flax-ripple1880 1724 R. Hall Observ. Methods used in Holland xvi. 73 A Person, whose Care is to open the Sheaves, and to hand to his Ripler the Handfuls of Flax. 1743 Sel. Trans. Soc. Improvers Knowl. Agric. Scotl. 328 This Comb separates the Seed from the Lint, with much more Ease to the Ripplers. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 457 Which gives the flax sufficient air, and keeps the handfuls separate and ready for the rippler. 1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 ii. 375 The ripplers strike the flax through alternately. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 294/2 The best rippler..consists of a kind of comb [etc.]. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 294/2 Two ripplers sitting opposite each other,..work at the same time. 1920 F. Bradbury Flax Culture x. 89 Recently an average rippler completely rippled one statute acre of partially dried flax in forty hours. 2006 L. Operah Illustr. Dict. Textile 136 The tool used is a ‘rippler’. After this step of flax fibre preparation, the fibres are ‘retted’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1724 |
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