riffle

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Danish [Term?] (“a groove”). Compare rifle (“to score, to make grooves”) and the past participle riflet (“scored, grooved, rifled”), riffeln with the same meaning. Also see rifle (“a rifled gun”).

1. In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.

verb

Etymology: Possible alteration of ruffle, from Middle English ruffelen, akin to Low German ruffelen (“to crumple”).

1. To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
2. To ruffle with a rippling action.
3. To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
4. To leaf through rapidly.

   “Near-synonym: rifle”

5. To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
6. To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
7. To prepare samples of material using a riffler.