ripplingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈrɪplɪŋ/,

/ˈrɪpl̩ɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrɪp(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: see ripple v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ripple v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < ripple v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. With rippling comb n., rippling stock n. compare ripple-comb n., ripple-stock n. respectively.

The action or process of removing seeds from flax, hemp, etc., by means of a ripple-comb.Recorded earliest in rippling comb n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > removing seeds

ripplingc1350

seeding1851

deseeding1941

c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 17* Pessel escuiour et rupere, Swangulstoke riplingcombe swyngilwande.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 434 Rypelynge [Winch. Repelynge], of flax, or oþer lyke, amulsio [read avulsio].

1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 14 There must be..rippling, braking,..and heckling of Hemp.

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 456 When the flax grows crooked, it is more liable to be hurt in the rippling and swingling.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 739 The operation of rippling should be performed as soon as possible after the crops have been pulled.

1846 J. Sproule Ess. Flax Ireland 17 The interval between pulling and rippling should not be great.

1872 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 366/1 The capsules (bolls) of flax are torn off, after it is pulled, by a sort of combing called rippling.

1941 Flax Cultivation (Kenya Dept. Agric.) 4 Rippling has a decided advantage over other methods of deseeding.

1984 J. Seymour Forgotten Arts (1985) 178/1 Once harvested, the next operation is rippling, which is the pulling of the seed heads through a fixed upright steel comb. This removes the seed bolls, which are then crushed for oil or fed to cattle.

2008 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 14 Aug. s1 Visitors can watch the processing of flax from harvesting to rippling.

Compounds

rippling comb n. = ripple-comb n.

ΚΠ

c1350Riplingcombe [see main sense].

1567 in P. A. Kennedy Notts. Househ. Inventories (1512–62) (1962) 115 7 chesfattes 2 mands a replen come a woollcome.

1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) ii. 10 They prapet up the bed wi' a rake and rippling kame, the bearers being broken.

1796 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum V. 428 He claw'd her wi' the ripplin-kame.

1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 ii. 375 Four men, with two rippling-combs, will take the seed off rather more than an acre in the day.

1905 Times 21 Jan. 7/6 When nearly ripe the flax is plucked up by the roots..and ‘rippled’ or combed of its roots and seeds by drawing the bundled stalks through the iron teeth of the rippling comb.

2001 L. Ulrich Age of Homespun viii. 283 A rippling comb and a hetchel looked much alike.

rippling machine n. = rippling comb n.; (also) a machine which carries out the function of a rippling comb.

ΚΠ

1834 D. Low Elements Pract. Agric. vii. 329 The rippling machine is an implement like a comb, with iron teeth, fixed upon a plank.

1920 F. Bradbury Flax Culture x. 89 Figs. 46 and 47 illustrate an elevation and plan respectively of the essential details of a rotary rippling machine, designed by Mr. W. J. Strain, Moyallon, Portadown, Ireland.

2005 A. Bismarck et al. in A. K. Mohanty et al. Natural Fibers ii. 90 Increased use of cotton fibers in Europe was boosted by the development of..the rippling machine (the ‘cotton gin’ invented by Eli Whitney in 1794).

† rippling stock n. Obsolete = rippling comb n.; cf. ripple-stock n.

ΚΠ

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 104 (MED) A Ripplyng stoke.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† ripplingn.²

Forms: late Middle English 1600s ripling.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ripple v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < ripple v.² (although this is first securely attested slightly later) + -ing suffix¹. Compare later ripple n.³It is unclear whether the slightly earlier quot. ?c1425 at ripple v.² shows an earlier instance (in transferred use) of the word.

Obsolete. rare.

A scratch or graze; (also) the action of grazing a surface.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun] > a disfigurement or blemish > scratch

ripplinga1450

ripple1666

a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 5750 (MED) Thurgh the helme the spere yode, And euen forbi the visage glode, Yet it hurt not the king Vnethes but a litle ripling.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wales, Pref. Like a Ball cast down and deaded on a soft Floor..without the least Ripling or Rebounding.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

ripplingn.³

Brit.

/ˈrɪplɪŋ/,

/ˈrɪpl̩ɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrɪpəlɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s riplin, 1600s ripplinge, 1600s–1800s ripling, 1600s– rippling, 1700s replin, 1700s repling.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ripple v.³, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably < ripple v.³ (although this is first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier rippling adj. and later ripple n.⁵

a. The formation or appearance of ripples on the surface of water; an instance of this; (frequently in early use) a strong localized ruffling or disturbance of the sea caused by conflicting currents or tides.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > rippling

popplingc1575

horror1598

rippling1600

cockling1629

wimplinga1758

ripple?1760

jabble1831

1600 F. Pretty in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 818 Wee..had betwixt the sayd island and another island but an narrowe passage, and a marueilous rippling of a very great tyde.

1625 J. Tatton in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. xv. 331 We met with Currents, and many ripplings.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. i. 138 The Ship is carried away by unknown Currents,..discovered by their Ripplings.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xviii. 494 I found by the ripling of the Sea, that there was a strong Current against us.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World x. 299 I took all imaginable precaution..to discover any ripling, or discolour'd water.

1744 J. Philips Authentic Jrnl. Exped. Anson 30 (note) A Replin is a Meeting of two Currents, which creates a cockling in the Sea, and makes it appear like shallow Water.

1761 Ess. Halifax 7 Listen to the ripling of the stream.

1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 127 Many calms and ripplings of currents.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 287 This occasions ripplings in the water.

1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (ed. 2) iv. ii. 484 Like the rippling on the surface of a stream made by winds opposed to the current.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) ix. §445 The tiny ripplings of this feeble tide.

1941 Pop. Mech. Mar. 137 a/1 Another hard one the juicers solved was finding a way to create broken reflections such as the rippling of water reflected on the side of a boat.

2003 C. N. Douglas Femme Fatale (2004) 63 At least I was standing, now that the Atlantic waves had dwindled into the ripplings of a protected bay and series of inlets.

b. figurative and in figurative context: something likened to the rippling of water; the formation of a wavy or undulating effect; (also) an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxix. 3 This cursed hiccup..makes such a rippling in the current of my speech, that mayhap you don't understand what I say.

1857 J. le Gay Brereton Trav. Prince Legion 90 For Hawthornden, For songs of birds, and rippling of the leaves..I had the dingy air And Babel tumult of our smoky mart.

1891 Spectator 22 Aug. Agitated by the vivid rippling of all sorts of changeful sympathies.

1957 Times 10 May 3/6 The incessant rippling of artistic muscles..are hardly to be detected here.

1965 C. Zigrosser & C. M. Gaehde Guide to Collecting Orig. Prints vii. 109 Tensions between paper and backing that may produce rippling and subsequent breaking of the paper.

2003 L. O. Farng in L. R. Rudnick Lubricant Additives 225 Some EP additives..prevent riding and rippling in high-torque, low-speed operations.

†2. U.S. = ripple n.⁵ 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > shallow part

glide1590

scour1689

rippling1745

ripple1755

1745 W. Pote Jrnl. Captivity French & Indian War (1896) 55 This Day was foul weather the Greatest part of the Day, and likewise verey bad Paddling, on account of Ripplings and falls.

1751 J. Bartram Observ. Trav. from Pensilvania 47 Half a mile farther we came to a rippling, which carried us with prodigious swiftness down the stream.

1755 L. Evans Middle Brit. Col. 26 At Hart's Rock, the River [Ohio] makes..a very sharp Rippling, where the Boatmen are obliged to wade and hawl up near the Rocks.

1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. Maine I. 57 Here are ripplings, to avoid which, a canal was cut twenty rods in length.

1869 W. Wells Water-power of Maine ii. ii. 246 First, on the East Machias river, ‘Ripplings at Bridge’, 10 feet fall.

3. The sound made by water in motion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > rippling

trilling1567

rippling1769

ripple1857

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Rippling, a broken and interrupted noise, produced by a current.

1810 G. Crabbe Borough (ed. 3) I. i. 15 Now walking silent, by the River's side, The Ear perceives the ripling [earlier edd. rimpling] of the Tide.

1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 226 In the direction from which the rippling of a stream could be heard.

2009 Northern Echo (Nexis) 10 Feb. You can hear the rippling of the river as it flows hazily down to fill up the sea.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ripplingadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɪplɪŋ/,

/ˈrɪpl̩ɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈrɪp(ə)lɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s ripling, 1600s ripplinge, 1600s– rippling.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ripple v.³, -ing suffix².

Etymology: Probably < ripple v.³ (although this is first attested later) + -ing suffix².

1. Of water: that ripples; flowing in ripples.In early use often indicating a strong or disturbed motion of water at sea (cf. rippling n.³ 1a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [adjective] > rippling

pirling1581

rippling1589

wimpling1721

riffling1754

ripply1775

braided1885

wimpled1909

1589 J. Sarracoll in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations 794 This 10. day we sounded, finding a great currant as we supposed by the ripling water, which after wee founde to bee an ordinarie tide.

1698 J. Covant Let. 20 Oct. in W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. (1699) iii. v. 57 In this Passage between the said Islands we find strange Rippling and Cockling Seas, ready to leap in upon the Ships Deck.

?1760 Sc. Marine I. vii. 122 A broad Part of the Current, where the Water kept a rippling Stream quite a-Cross.

1781 W. Cowper Anti-Thelypthora 24 Inconstant as the beams that play On rippling waters in an April day.

1823 C. A. Southey Poet. Wks. (1867) 139 Stopt was the busy mill-wheel now, Snareless the rippling brook.

1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 43 Only the lap of the rippling wave Broke on the hush of their solitude.

c1918 D. A. Mackenzie Myths of China & Japan x. 149 The reflection of the moon on rippling water is usually referred to as the ‘Golden Dragon’, or ‘Yellow Dragon’, the chief of Chinese dragons, and usually associated with the sun.

1992 Canad. Gardening May 16 (advt.) Add a full moon and gently rippling water and any deck becomes a dream.

2. figurative and in figurative context: characterized by rippling; flowing or moving in a rippling manner; proceeding in short rises and falls, undulating.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [adjective] > wave-like

rippling1670

undulating1700

waving1876

the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > undulating

waved1577

redundant1667

rippling1670

wavya1701

undular1738

undulating1738

up and down1775

waving1810

undulous1862

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > undulating

waving1585

flexuous1626

undulary1646

rippling1670

wavy1708

undulating1715

billowing1718

undulatory1794

waved1820

undulant1830

undulous1862

1670 R. Boyle Temperature Subterranean Regions in Tracts 6 He perceived the Water to make a rippling noise (as the Sea-men call it).

1801 J. Foster Let. 18 Mar. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 133 The rippling course of a rill.

1852 H. W. Longfellow Warden Cinque Ports ii The red autumn sun..glanced on flowing flag and rippling pennon.

1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 67 Streams Laughed with a rippling music.

1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 1/3 (advt.) The skirt falls in graceful soft rippling folds.

1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill xv. 497 The East Side's agent was stripped to the waist, great chest and rippling muscles shaded by the light.

1988 M. Seymour Ring of Conspirators i. 43 His poems, little read today, convey the beauty of a rippling field of wheat.

2005 R. Nidel World Music: Basics i. 31 Kanda Bonga Man. Paris-based singer with a high tenor voice plays rippling, upbeat, dance groove music.

Derivatives

ˈripplingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [adverb] > in a rippling manner

ripplingly1819

1819 L. Hunt Examiner 23 May 336/1 His Fishing-boat..whitens ripplingly along the side of the Frigate seen in solemn shadow.

1892 J. W. Riley Flying Islands of Night 59 How is it now the old duet doth glide Itself full ripplingly adown the grooves Of its quaint melody?

1970 H. McIlvanney & A. Hopcraft World Cup '70 iv. 141 The Brazilian attack was ripplingly alive with one-twos and sharp progressive triangles.

2007 Times (Nexis) 22 Apr. 56 How perfectly, tintinnabulatingly, ripplingly glorious.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹c1350

n.²a1450

n.³1600

adj.1589

单词	rippling
释义	ripplingn.¹ Brit. /ˈrɪplɪŋ/, /ˈrɪpl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɪp(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: see ripple v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ripple v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < ripple v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. With rippling comb n., rippling stock n. compare ripple-comb n., ripple-stock n. respectively. The action or process of removing seeds from flax, hemp, etc., by means of a ripple-comb.Recorded earliest in rippling comb n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > removing seeds ripplingc1350 seeding1851 deseeding1941 c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 17* Pessel escuiour et rupere, Swangulstoke riplingcombe swyngilwande. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 434 Rypelynge [Winch. Repelynge], of flax, or oþer lyke, amulsio [read avulsio]. 1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 14 There must be..rippling, braking,..and heckling of Hemp. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 456 When the flax grows crooked, it is more liable to be hurt in the rippling and swingling. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 739 The operation of rippling should be performed as soon as possible after the crops have been pulled. 1846 J. Sproule Ess. Flax Ireland 17 The interval between pulling and rippling should not be great. 1872 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 366/1 The capsules (bolls) of flax are torn off, after it is pulled, by a sort of combing called rippling. 1941 Flax Cultivation (Kenya Dept. Agric.) 4 Rippling has a decided advantage over other methods of deseeding. 1984 J. Seymour Forgotten Arts (1985) 178/1 Once harvested, the next operation is rippling, which is the pulling of the seed heads through a fixed upright steel comb. This removes the seed bolls, which are then crushed for oil or fed to cattle. 2008 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 14 Aug. s1 Visitors can watch the processing of flax from harvesting to rippling. Compounds rippling comb n. = ripple-comb n. ΚΠ c1350Riplingcombe [see main sense]. 1567 in P. A. Kennedy Notts. Househ. Inventories (1512–62) (1962) 115 7 chesfattes 2 mands a replen come a woollcome. 1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) ii. 10 They prapet up the bed wi' a rake and rippling kame, the bearers being broken. 1796 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum V. 428 He claw'd her wi' the ripplin-kame. 1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 ii. 375 Four men, with two rippling-combs, will take the seed off rather more than an acre in the day. 1905 Times 21 Jan. 7/6 When nearly ripe the flax is plucked up by the roots..and ‘rippled’ or combed of its roots and seeds by drawing the bundled stalks through the iron teeth of the rippling comb. 2001 L. Ulrich Age of Homespun viii. 283 A rippling comb and a hetchel looked much alike. rippling machine n. = rippling comb n.; (also) a machine which carries out the function of a rippling comb. ΚΠ 1834 D. Low Elements Pract. Agric. vii. 329 The rippling machine is an implement like a comb, with iron teeth, fixed upon a plank. 1920 F. Bradbury Flax Culture x. 89 Figs. 46 and 47 illustrate an elevation and plan respectively of the essential details of a rotary rippling machine, designed by Mr. W. J. Strain, Moyallon, Portadown, Ireland. 2005 A. Bismarck et al. in A. K. Mohanty et al. Natural Fibers ii. 90 Increased use of cotton fibers in Europe was boosted by the development of..the rippling machine (the ‘cotton gin’ invented by Eli Whitney in 1794). † rippling stock n. Obsolete = rippling comb n.; cf. ripple-stock n. ΚΠ ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 104 (MED) A Ripplyng stoke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † ripplingn.² Forms: late Middle English 1600s ripling. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ripple v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < ripple v.² (although this is first securely attested slightly later) + -ing suffix¹. Compare later ripple n.³It is unclear whether the slightly earlier quot. ?c1425 at ripple v.² shows an earlier instance (in transferred use) of the word. Obsolete. rare. A scratch or graze; (also) the action of grazing a surface. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun] > a disfigurement or blemish > scratch ripplinga1450 ripple1666 a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 5750 (MED) Thurgh the helme the spere yode, And euen forbi the visage glode, Yet it hurt not the king Vnethes but a litle ripling. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wales, Pref. Like a Ball cast down and deaded on a soft Floor..without the least Ripling or Rebounding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). ripplingn.³ Brit. /ˈrɪplɪŋ/, /ˈrɪpl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɪpəlɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s riplin, 1600s ripplinge, 1600s–1800s ripling, 1600s– rippling, 1700s replin, 1700s repling. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ripple v.³, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Probably < ripple v.³ (although this is first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier rippling adj. and later ripple n.⁵ 1. a. The formation or appearance of ripples on the surface of water; an instance of this; (frequently in early use) a strong localized ruffling or disturbance of the sea caused by conflicting currents or tides. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > rippling popplingc1575 horror1598 rippling1600 cockling1629 wimplinga1758 ripple?1760 jabble1831 1600 F. Pretty in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 818 Wee..had betwixt the sayd island and another island but an narrowe passage, and a marueilous rippling of a very great tyde. 1625 J. Tatton in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. xv. 331 We met with Currents, and many ripplings. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. i. 138 The Ship is carried away by unknown Currents,..discovered by their Ripplings. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xviii. 494 I found by the ripling of the Sea, that there was a strong Current against us. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World x. 299 I took all imaginable precaution..to discover any ripling, or discolour'd water. 1744 J. Philips Authentic Jrnl. Exped. Anson 30 (note) A Replin is a Meeting of two Currents, which creates a cockling in the Sea, and makes it appear like shallow Water. 1761 Ess. Halifax 7 Listen to the ripling of the stream. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 127 Many calms and ripplings of currents. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 287 This occasions ripplings in the water. 1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (ed. 2) iv. ii. 484 Like the rippling on the surface of a stream made by winds opposed to the current. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) ix. §445 The tiny ripplings of this feeble tide. 1941 Pop. Mech. Mar. 137 a/1 Another hard one the juicers solved was finding a way to create broken reflections such as the rippling of water reflected on the side of a boat. 2003 C. N. Douglas Femme Fatale (2004) 63 At least I was standing, now that the Atlantic waves had dwindled into the ripplings of a protected bay and series of inlets. b. figurative and in figurative context: something likened to the rippling of water; the formation of a wavy or undulating effect; (also) an instance of this. ΚΠ 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxix. 3 This cursed hiccup..makes such a rippling in the current of my speech, that mayhap you don't understand what I say. 1857 J. le Gay Brereton Trav. Prince Legion 90 For Hawthornden, For songs of birds, and rippling of the leaves..I had the dingy air And Babel tumult of our smoky mart. 1891 Spectator 22 Aug. Agitated by the vivid rippling of all sorts of changeful sympathies. 1957 Times 10 May 3/6 The incessant rippling of artistic muscles..are hardly to be detected here. 1965 C. Zigrosser & C. M. Gaehde Guide to Collecting Orig. Prints vii. 109 Tensions between paper and backing that may produce rippling and subsequent breaking of the paper. 2003 L. O. Farng in L. R. Rudnick Lubricant Additives 225 Some EP additives..prevent riding and rippling in high-torque, low-speed operations. †2. U.S. = ripple n.⁵ 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > shallow part glide1590 scour1689 rippling1745 ripple1755 1745 W. Pote Jrnl. Captivity French & Indian War (1896) 55 This Day was foul weather the Greatest part of the Day, and likewise verey bad Paddling, on account of Ripplings and falls. 1751 J. Bartram Observ. Trav. from Pensilvania 47 Half a mile farther we came to a rippling, which carried us with prodigious swiftness down the stream. 1755 L. Evans Middle Brit. Col. 26 At Hart's Rock, the River [Ohio] makes..a very sharp Rippling, where the Boatmen are obliged to wade and hawl up near the Rocks. 1832 W. D. Williamson Hist. Maine I. 57 Here are ripplings, to avoid which, a canal was cut twenty rods in length. 1869 W. Wells Water-power of Maine ii. ii. 246 First, on the East Machias river, ‘Ripplings at Bridge’, 10 feet fall. 3. The sound made by water in motion. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > rippling trilling1567 rippling1769 ripple1857 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Rippling, a broken and interrupted noise, produced by a current. 1810 G. Crabbe Borough (ed. 3) I. i. 15 Now walking silent, by the River's side, The Ear perceives the ripling [earlier edd. rimpling] of the Tide. 1899 J. Rodway In Guiana Wilds 226 In the direction from which the rippling of a stream could be heard. 2009 Northern Echo (Nexis) 10 Feb. You can hear the rippling of the river as it flows hazily down to fill up the sea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ripplingadj. Brit. /ˈrɪplɪŋ/, /ˈrɪpl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɪp(ə)lɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s ripling, 1600s ripplinge, 1600s– rippling. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ripple v.³, -ing suffix². Etymology: Probably < ripple v.³ (although this is first attested later) + -ing suffix². 1. Of water: that ripples; flowing in ripples.In early use often indicating a strong or disturbed motion of water at sea (cf. rippling n.³ 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [adjective] > rippling pirling1581 rippling1589 wimpling1721 riffling1754 ripply1775 braided1885 wimpled1909 1589 J. Sarracoll in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations 794 This 10. day we sounded, finding a great currant as we supposed by the ripling water, which after wee founde to bee an ordinarie tide. 1698 J. Covant Let. 20 Oct. in W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. (1699) iii. v. 57 In this Passage between the said Islands we find strange Rippling and Cockling Seas, ready to leap in upon the Ships Deck. ?1760 Sc. Marine I. vii. 122 A broad Part of the Current, where the Water kept a rippling Stream quite a-Cross. 1781 W. Cowper Anti-Thelypthora 24 Inconstant as the beams that play On rippling waters in an April day. 1823 C. A. Southey Poet. Wks. (1867) 139 Stopt was the busy mill-wheel now, Snareless the rippling brook. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 43 Only the lap of the rippling wave Broke on the hush of their solitude. c1918 D. A. Mackenzie Myths of China & Japan x. 149 The reflection of the moon on rippling water is usually referred to as the ‘Golden Dragon’, or ‘Yellow Dragon’, the chief of Chinese dragons, and usually associated with the sun. 1992 Canad. Gardening May 16 (advt.) Add a full moon and gently rippling water and any deck becomes a dream. 2. figurative and in figurative context: characterized by rippling; flowing or moving in a rippling manner; proceeding in short rises and falls, undulating. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [adjective] > wave-like rippling1670 undulating1700 waving1876 the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > undulating waved1577 redundant1667 rippling1670 wavya1701 undular1738 undulating1738 up and down1775 waving1810 undulous1862 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > undulating waving1585 flexuous1626 undulary1646 rippling1670 wavy1708 undulating1715 billowing1718 undulatory1794 waved1820 undulant1830 undulous1862 1670 R. Boyle Temperature Subterranean Regions in Tracts 6 He perceived the Water to make a rippling noise (as the Sea-men call it). 1801 J. Foster Let. 18 Mar. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 133 The rippling course of a rill. 1852 H. W. Longfellow Warden Cinque Ports ii The red autumn sun..glanced on flowing flag and rippling pennon. 1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 67 Streams Laughed with a rippling music. 1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 1/3 (advt.) The skirt falls in graceful soft rippling folds. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill xv. 497 The East Side's agent was stripped to the waist, great chest and rippling muscles shaded by the light. 1988 M. Seymour Ring of Conspirators i. 43 His poems, little read today, convey the beauty of a rippling field of wheat. 2005 R. Nidel World Music: Basics i. 31 Kanda Bonga Man. Paris-based singer with a high tenor voice plays rippling, upbeat, dance groove music. Derivatives ˈripplingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [adverb] > in a rippling manner ripplingly1819 1819 L. Hunt Examiner 23 May 336/1 His Fishing-boat..whitens ripplingly along the side of the Frigate seen in solemn shadow. 1892 J. W. Riley Flying Islands of Night 59 How is it now the old duet doth glide Itself full ripplingly adown the grooves Of its quaint melody? 1970 H. McIlvanney & A. Hopcraft World Cup '70 iv. 141 The Brazilian attack was ripplingly alive with one-twos and sharp progressive triangles. 2007 Times (Nexis) 22 Apr. 56 How perfectly, tintinnabulatingly, ripplingly glorious. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1350n.²a1450n.³1600adj.1589
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