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wimpling |
1 definition found 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.
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