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Dimple \Dim"ple\, n. [Prob. a nasalized dim. of dip. See {Dip},
and cf. {Dimble}.]
1. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface
of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin.
--Milton.
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The dimple of her chin. --Prior.
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2. A slight indentation on any surface.
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The garden pool's dark surface . . .
Breaks into dimples small and bright. --Wordsworth.
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Dimple \Dim"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dimpling}.]
To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little
inequalities.
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And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. --Dryden.
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Dimple \Dim"ple\, v. t.
To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions. --Shak.
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