wimpled

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Wimple \Wim"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wimpled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wimpling.] [1913 Webster]

1.To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence, to hoodwink. "She sat ywympled well." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a veil. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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