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wimple

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wimple
Scot a curve or bend, as in a river


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Dainty sandals encased her feet, while a wimple of violet silk bordered in gold fringe, lay becomingly over her head and shoulders.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Wimple insisted on a particular providence in relation to her stomach complaint, Dr.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
Her long mourning robes and her flowing wimple of black cypress, enhanced the whiteness of her skin, and the beauty of her light-coloured and flowing tresses, which time had neither thinned nor mingled with silver.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
 
 
 
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