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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.
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For with a veil, that wimpled everywhere,
Her head and face was hid. --Spenser.
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With me through . . . meadows stray,
Where wimpling waters make their way. --Ramsay.
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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}.]
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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.
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Full seemly her wympel ipinched is. --Chaucer.
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For she had laid her mournful stole aside,
And widowlike sad wimple thrown away. --Spenser.
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Then Vivian rose,
And from her brown-locked head the wimple throws.
--M. Arnold.
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2. A flag or streamer. --Weale.
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Wimple \Wim"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wimpling}.]
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1. To clothe with a wimple; to cover, as with a veil; hence,
to hoodwink. "She sat ywympled well." --Chaucer.
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This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy.
--Shak.
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2. To draw down, as a veil; to lay in folds or plaits, as a
veil.
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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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