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wimple |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wimple \Wim"ple\, n. [OE. wimpel, AS winpel; akin to D. & G. wimpel a pennant, streamer, OHG. wimpal a veil, Icel. vimpill Dan. & Sw vimpel a pennant, streamer; of uncertain origin. Cf {Gimp}.] 1. A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns. Full seemly her wympel ipinched is --Chaucer. For she had laid her mournful stole aside, And widowlike sad wimple thrown away --Spenser. Then Vivian rose, And from her brown-locked head the wimple throws. --M. Arnold. 2. A flag or streamer. --Weale. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wimple \Wim"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wimpled}; p. pr & vb n. {Wimpling}.] 1. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence to hoodwink. ``She sat ywympled well.'' --Chaucer. This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy. --Shak. 2. To draw down as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil. 3. To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate; as the wind wimples the surface of water. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wimple \Wim"ple\, v. i. To lie in folds; also to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to ripple; to undulate. ``Wimpling waves.'' --Longfellow. For with a veil, that wimpled everywhere, Her head and face was hid. --Spenser. With me through . . . meadows stray, Where wimpling waters make their way --Ramsay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wimple n : of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Wimple Isa. 3:22, (R.V., "shawls"), a wrap or veil. The same Hebrew word is rendered vail" (R.V., "mantle") in Ruth 3:15.
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