Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Rippling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rippling
n : a small wave on the surface of a liquid [syn: {ripple}, {riffle},
{wavelet}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.