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.
The dimple of her chin.
Prior.
2.
A slight indentation on any surface.
The garden pool's dark surface . . .
Breaks into dimples small and bright.
Wordsworth.
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Dim"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dimpled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dimpling (?).]
To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.
Dryden.
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Dim"ple, v. t.
To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions.
Shak.
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