rivel1
/ˈrɪvl/verb
1 [no object] To become wrinkled or shrivelled; to form wrinkles or small folds.
- In early use especially of the skin, now chiefly of paint, varnish, or some similar coating..
2 [with object] To cause (something, especially the skin) to wrinkle, pucker, or shrivel. Also with up. Also without object. Now rare (in later use poetic and English regional ( west midlands and south-western )).
Origin
Old English. Apparently from Old English rifian to become wrinkled + -le.
rivel2
/ˈrɪvl/verb
[with object] To unravel, untangle (literal and figurative ). Chiefly with †up, out. Now Newfoundland.
Origin
Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle French rivler to ravel (although this is first attested later: 1530 in Palsgrave; French regional (Walloon) si rifler to fray), probably a specifically use of rifler. Compare also Middle High German rifelen, riffeln to heckle, to comb. Compare later rivel.