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 a percentage of the steady component of the current.