'Wimpling' definitions:

Definition of 'Wimpling'

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  • 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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