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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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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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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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