dumple, v. rare.
(ˈdʌmp(ə)l)
† a. [nonce-formation from dumpling.] trans. To make or cook, as a dumpling. Obs. b. [? f. dumpy2.] To bend or compress into a dumpy shape.
| 1625 Massinger New Way iii. ii, Greedy. Without order for the dumpling? Over. Let it be dumpled Which way thou wilt. 1827 Scott Diary 17 Jan. in Lockhart, He was a little man, dumpled up together, and so ill made as to seem almost deformed. 1868 Browning Ring & Bk. viii. 65 Let law come dimple Cinoncino's cheek, And Latin dumple Cinarello's chin. |