Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)

Displaying 2 result(s) from the 1913 edition:

Rumple (Page: 1260)

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\'81mpgen to wrinkle, MHG. r\'81mphen, 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 Scoth paper for twenty of your fairest assignats. Burke.

Rumple (Page: 1260)

Rum"ple, n. A fold or plait; a wrinkle. Dryden.

Displaying 1 result(s) from the 1828 edition:

RUM''PLE, v.t.

To wrinkle; to make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; as, to rumple and apron or a cravat.

RUM''PLE, n. A fold or plait.