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Definition of Dimpling
1. dimple [v] - See also: dimple
Medical Definition of Dimpling
1. 1. Causing dimples. 2. A condition marked by the formation of dimples, natural or artificial. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dimpling
Literary usage of Dimpling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and by Robert Chambers (1876)
"Pure stream, in whose transparent wave My youthful limbs I wont to lave ; No
torrents stain thy limpid source, No rocks impede thy dimpling course, ..."
2. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... as circling flow'd the cheerful bowl, Sapient discourse, the banquet of the
soul, Of richest argument and brightest glow, Array'd in dimpling smiles, ..."
3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"That's pretty ! ; dimpling Which flies as odor-laden zephyrs fly, O'er beds of
infant roses — " Mas. F. "Grant inspiration by those lips' sweet sigh, ..."
4. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources by James Wood (1899)
"Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, / As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
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