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riffle(1)(dictionary)
riffle(2)(dictionary)
riffle(medicine)
riffle(dictionary)
Riffle - Blackjack(gambling)
Las Vegas Riffle - Poker(gambling)
Riffle Cull - Poker(gambling)
Riffle Stack - Poker(gambling)
Riffle Shuffle - Poker(gambling)

lichenization (medicine) and riffle(2) (iou)


lichenization (medicine)


lichenization -->
lichenification
<dermatology> Hypertrophy of the epidermis, resulting in thickening of the skin with exaggeration of the normal skin markings, giving the skin a leathery barklike appearance, which is caused by prolonged rubbing or scratching. It may arise on seemingly normal skin or it may develop at the site of another pruritic cutaneous disorder.


riffle(2) (iou)



riffle verb. M17.
[Perh. partly a var. of RUFFLE verb1, partly from French riffler = Old & mod. French rifler RIFLE verb1. Infl. by RIPPLE verb1.]
a. verb intrans. Caress one another. rare. Only in M17.
b. verb trans. Handle tentatively or gently; caress; ruffle in a light or rippling manner. M19.
P. Theroux A stiff breeze riffling the Lombardy poplars.
verb intrans. Of water: form a ripple or a rapid. US. rare. M18.
a. verb trans. Cards. Shuffle (cards) by flicking up and releasing the corners or sides of two piles of cards so that they intermingle and may be slid together to form a single pile. L19.
b. verb trans. Flick through (a book, pages, papers etc.); thumb through (a book etc.), releasing the leaves in (esp. rapid) succession. E20.
J. Tusa The officer..riffles the passport pages.
c. verb intrans. Thumb or leaf through, search quickly through. M20.
M. Leapman Riffling through books of Etiquette. P. Auster I ransacked the closet..riffling through drawers.