3. Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc. [Slang.]

Rip"ple (?), n. [FRom Rip, v.] An implement, with teeth like those of a

comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn,

etc.

Rip"ple, v. t. 1. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.),

by means of a ripple.