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Definition of Rivel
1. v. t. To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers.
2. n. A wrinkle; a rimple.
Definition of Rivel
1. Verb. (intransitive) To shrivel, wrinkle (up). ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rivel
1. to wrinkle [v RIVELLED, RIVELLING, RIVELS] - See also: wrinkle
Medical Definition of Rivel
1. To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers. "Riveled parchments." . Origin: AS. Gerifled, geriflod, gerifod, wrinkled, geriflian, gerifian, to wrinkle. See Rifle a gun, Rive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rivel
Literary usage of Rivel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"... unincorporated acequia» on the south bide of Salt rivel in Maricopa County ;
to punish the unlawful ..."
2. A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families by David Webster Hoyt (1871)
"A will of William Hyte, of Somersetshire,! but not of Curry rivel, dated 1637,
is on record at Doctors Commons, London. In it he names his son, William Hyte ..."
3. A dictionary of the Spanish and English languages, orig. compiled by Neuman by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti (1862)
"... to constrict, to crumple, to cockle, to rivel. 2. To rumple, to fold, to make
plications in paper, clothes, etc., to gather. ..."
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