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rumpling |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rumple \Rum"ple\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Rumpled} p. pr & vb n. {Rumpling}.] [Cf. rimple, and D. rimpelen to wrinkle, rompelig rough, uneven, G. r["u]mpfen to wrinkle, MHG. r["u]mphen, OHG. rimpfan Gr "ra`mfos the crooked beak of birds of prey, ? to roam.] To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as to rumple an apron or a cravat. They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your fairest assignats. --Burke.
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