riffler

English

Rifflers (sense 2)

Etymology

riffle +‎ -er

Noun

riffler (plural rifflers)

1. A mechanical device consisting of a metal box with a series of vertical slats through which material is poured and randomly divided into two samples; this process is repeated to obtain a small representative sample of a bulk material.
2. A curved file used in carving wood and marble.

Synonyms

• (device for obtaining a sample): riffle sampler, riffle splitter

Translations

curved file used in carving wood and marble

• Bulgarian: рифелна пила f (rifelna pila)
• French: rifloir (fr) m

Middle French

Verb

riffler

1. to decimate
   • c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:

     le plat pays […] fut tout rifflé

     the flat land was decimated

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of riffler

infinitive	simple	riffler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	rifflant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		rifflé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	riffle	riffles	riffle	rifflons	rifflez	rifflent
	imperfect	rifflois, riffloys	rifflois, riffloys	riffloit, riffloyt	rifflions, rifflyons	riffliez, rifflyez	riffloient, riffloyent
	past historic	riffla	rifflas	riffla	rifflasmes	rifflastes	rifflerent
	future	rifflerai, riffleray	riffleras	rifflera	rifflerons	rifflerez	riffleront
	conditional	rifflerois, riffleroys	rifflerois, riffleroys	riffleroit, riffleroyt	rifflerions, riffleryons	riffleriez, riffleryez	riffleroient, riffleroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	riffle	riffles	riffle	rifflons	rifflez	rifflent
	imperfect	rifflasse	rifflasses	rifflast	rifflassions	rifflassiez	rifflassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	riffle	—	rifflons	rifflez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).