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† ˈrivelling, vbl. n. Obs.
Forms: 5 ryueling, -yng(e, reuel-, revelynge, ryvullyng(e.
[f. rivel v.1 + -ing1.]
1. A wrinkle (on the skin).
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 194 Not havynge wem ne revelynge ne ony siche filþe. 1388― Job xvi. 9 My ryuelyngis seien witnessyng aȝens me.
2. The action of the verb.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xxx. (Bodl. MS.), By chaungyng of ham, schrinking, and reueling, he bodith and tokeneþ deying. Ibid. lxiv, Reueling þat comeþ of wasting of substancial moisture. c1440Pallad. on Husb. xi. 258 Chiries in the sonne ydried take And kepe, as they bygynne in rivullynge. a1470H. Parker Dives & Pauper (W. de W. 1496) viii. xvi. 343/2 Many tokenes of warnynge,..as age, sekenesse,..rymplynge or reuelynge of the skynne.
So ˈrivelling ppl. a.
a1470Tiptoft Tulle on Friendsh. (Caxton, 1481) f iv, The whyte heris & the ryvillyng [pr. ryvikyng] chier of the body of an olde man. 1878G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 74 But his eye no cliff, no coast or Mark makes in the rivelling snowstorm. |