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noun

Riffle n.

(Mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple.

A ripple in a stream or current of water; also, a place where the water ripples, as on a shallow rapid. (Local, U. S.) "The bass have left the cool depth beside the rock and are on the riffle or just below it."

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Etymology of 'Riffle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Riffle" Quotes from Famous Books

... incident on a tremendous current, the situation often becomes exciting. I was once on the Fraser River in a steamer whose boiler was certified to bear 80 lb. of steam and no more. We were coming to a "riffle," or rapid, where the stream ran very fiercely, with great swirls and waves in it, and the captain sang out to the engineer, "How much steam have ...

— A Tramp's Notebook • Morley Roberts

Words linked to "Riffle" : peruse, undulate, wave, turn up, displace, cards, shuffle, cockle, ruffle, rippling, flux, fold up, riff, flick, leaf, move, fold