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Reproach; abuse; vilification. Neither be ye afraid of their revilings. Isa. li. 7.

Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle. "Riddling triplets." Tennyson. -- Rid"dling, adv.

A half-castrated male animal.

The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.

In a rippling manner.

A rivulet. [R.] Sylvester.

Any species of small marine fishes of the genera Onos and Rhinonemus (formerly Motella), allied to the cod. They have three or four barbels.

along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball.

A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness.

Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign.

In a ruling manner; so as to rule.

a. & n. from Rumble, v. i.

In a rumbling manner.

A European mountain trout (Salvelinus alpinus); -- called also Bavarian charr.

The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing.

A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover.

A young tree. Shak.

A fragment or chip of stone. [Written also scabline.]

Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.

In a scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with bold intrusiveness.