Vocabulary : Ripost to Rippled

Ripost : In fencing, a return thrust after a parry. ;; A quick and sharp refort; a repartee.
Ripped : of Rip
Ripper : One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns. ;; One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool. ;; A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates. ;; Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc.
Ripper act : Alt. of bill
Ripping : of Rip

Ripping cord : #NAME?
Ripping panel : A long patch, on a balloon, to be ripped off, by the rip cord, at landing, in order to allow the immediate escape of gas and instant deflation of the bag.
Ripping strip : #NAME?
Ripple : An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc. ;; To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple. ;; Hence, to scratch or tear. ;; 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. ;; To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore. ;; To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake. ;; The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves. ;; A little wave or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of laughter. ;; a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension. ;; the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as
Rippled : of Ripple

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