单词 | rimpling |
释义 | rimplingn. Now rare. The action of rimple v.; wrinkling; rippling. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > fact or action of wrinkling rivellinga1398 plighting1400 rimpling1493 wrinkling1528 wrimpling1611 shrivellinga1631 rumpling1640 rucking1831 1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) viii. xvi. sig. Fiiv/2 Rymplynge or ryuelyng of skynne. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. iv. i. f. 18/2 We must consider, one the rimpelinge of the skinne, & one the fibres of the muscles. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 49 As gilds the Moon the rimpling [later edd. rippling] of the brook. 1825 Glasgow Mechanics' Mag. 26 Feb. 34/1 Points may be distinctly seen by observing the rimpling they make on the surface of the water. 1860 S. Gould Poems 68 Ocean, ruffled but by rimplings Of sweet airs from odorous Isles. 1885 A. B. Arnold Man. Nerv. Dis. vi. 68 There is compression of the eyelids, rimpling of the nose, twisting of the mouth, twitching of the chin, etc. 1948 U.S. Patent 2,444,115 6 The remarkable sorptive properties of the fabrics are still further improved by subjecting the fabric to a rimpling process which wrinkles and corrugates the fabric. 1978 Gastrointestinal Radiol. 3 147/1 The occurrence of fine antral and esophageal rimpling appears to be the result of contractions of the muscularis mucosa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1493 |
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