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Webster 1913 Edition

Riffler

Rif′fler

,
Noun.
[See
Riffle
.]
A curved file used in carving wool and marble.

Definition 2024

riffler

riffler

English

Noun

riffler ‎(plural rifflers)

  1. A mechanical device consisting of a metal box with a series of vertical slats through which material is poured and randomly divided into two samples; this process is repeated to obtain a small representative sample of a bulk material.
  2. A curved file used in carving wood and marble.

Synonyms

  • (device for obtaining a sample): riffle sampler

Middle French

Verb

riffler

  1. to decimate
    • circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      le plat pays { […] fut tout rifflé
      the flat land was decimated

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of riffler
simple compound
infinitive riffler avoir rifflé
gerund en rifflant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle rifflant
past participle rifflé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present riffle riffles riffle rifflons rifflez rifflent
imperfect rifflois, riffloys rifflois, riffloys riffloit, riffloyt rifflions, rifflyons riffliez, rifflyez riffloient, riffloyent
past historic riffla rifflas riffla rifflasmes rifflastes rifflerent
future rifflerai, riffleray riffleras rifflera rifflerons rifflerez riffleront
conditional rifflerois, riffleroys rifflerois, riffleroys riffleroit, riffleroyt rifflerions, riffleryons riffleriez, riffleryez riffleroient, riffleroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present riffle riffles riffle rifflons rifflez rifflent
imperfect rifflasse rifflasses rifflast rifflassions rifflassiez rifflassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— riffle — rifflons rifflez —

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