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• riffled — rif·fle || rɪfl n. act of shuffling cards; part of a stream with a strong swift current, rapid v. shuffle cards; leaf through, thumb through; turn pages quickly …   English contemporary dictionary

• Internally riffled boiler tubes — are used to evaporate water into steam inside boilers of thermal power plants. Because of their internally riffled shape, they are more efficient. The boiling crisis takes place later, thus allowing for greater heat transfer between the pipe and… …   Wikipedia

• Trick deck — A trick deck usually refers to a deck of playing cards which has been altered in some way to allow magicians to perform certain card tricks where sleight of hand would be too difficult or too impractical. These decks can be bought from most magic …   Wikipedia

• riffle — UK [ˈrɪf(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms riffle : present tense I/you/we/they riffle he/she/it riffles present participle riffling past tense riffled past participle riffled riffle or riffle through to quickly turn over pages or papers She …   English dictionary

• Book scanning — is the process of converting physical books into digital media such as images, electronic text, or electronic books (e books) by using an image scanner. Digital books can be easily distributed, reproduced, and read on screen. Common file formats… …   Wikipedia

• Provincetown Art Association and Museum — PAAM entrance The Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) is located at 460 Commercial Street in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is the most attended art museum on Cape Cod. The… …   Wikipedia

• riffle — [[t]rɪ̱f(ə)l[/t]] riffles, riffling, riffled VERB If you riffle through the pages of a book or riffle them, you turn them over quickly, without reading everything that is on them. [V through n] I riffled through the pages until I reached the… …   English dictionary

• riffle — /ˈrɪfəl / (say rifuhl) noun 1. Mining a. the lining at the bottom of a sluice or the like, made of blocks or slats of wood, or of stones, arranged in such a manner that grooves or openings are left between them for catching and collecting… …  

• rif|fle — rif|fle1 «RIHF uhl», noun, verb, fled, fling. –n. 1. a shoal or other object in a stream causing a stretch of choppy water. 2. such a stretch of water; rapid. 3. = ripple. (Cf. ↑ripple) 4. the act of shuffling cards by bending the edges sligh …   Useful english dictionary

• riffle — I. verb (riffled; riffling) Etymology: 2riffle Date: 1754 intransitive verb 1. to form, flow over, or move in riffles 2. to flip cursorily ; thumb < riffle through the catalog > …   New Collegiate Dictionary