Wimpled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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