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Webster 1913 Edition
Rivel
Riv′el
,Noun.
A wrinkle; a rimple.
[Obs.]
Holland.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rivel
RIV'EL
,Verb.
T.
To contract into wrinkles; to shrink; as riveled fruits; riveled flowers.
Definition 2024
rivel
rivel
English
Verb
rivel (third-person singular simple present rivels, present participle rivelling, simple past and past participle rivelled)
- (intransitive) To shrivel, wrinkle (up).
- (transitive) To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.279:
- they crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies […].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.279:
Noun
rivel (plural rivels)
- (obsolete) A wrinkle; a rimple.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
- (US) A kind of dumpling made from egg and wheat flour, often eaten in soup.