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▪ I. ˈdimpling, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb dimple (usually in intr. sense).
1602Beaumont Hermaphrodite Wks. (Rtldg.) II. 700/1 She prais'd the pretty dimpling of his skin. 1771Goldsm. Prol. Craddock's Zobeide 5 While botanists all cold to smiles and dimpling, Forsake the fair, and patiently—go simpling. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk., Spectre Bridegroom I. 338 A soft dimpling of the cheek.
▪ II. ˈdimpling, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That dimples; that forms or breaks into dimples.
1735Somerville Chase iv. 407 Ev'ry..hollow Rock, that o'er the dimpling Flood Nods pendant. 1795F. Burney Let. 18 June, When I look at my dear baby, and see its dimpling smiles. 1824W. Irving T. Trav. I. 295 A trim, well made, tempting girl, with a roguish dimpling face. 1844Faber Sir Lancelot (1857) 7 With..dimpling globes of nuphar netted o'er. |