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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities. And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions. Shak.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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