dip

Cf. OHG. dumphilo, MHG. tümpfel, G. tümpel, dümpfel, a pool. Cf. Norw. depil, a pool: see dapple. See dimble and dingle1.] 1. A natural or transient dent or small hollow in some soft part of the surface of the human body, most common in youth, produced especially in the cheek by the act of smiling, and hence regarded in that situation as a sign of joyousne or good humor. Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek. IMG:content-2668.png:[blocks in formation] Keats, Calidore. rocal relations, as in cleistogamous dimorphism; or of Thou sitting alone at the gla , Remarking the bloom gone away, Where the smile in its dimplement was. Mrs. Browning , A False Step. dinanderie As the smooth surface of the dimply flood, The silver-slipper'd virgin lightly trod. J. Warton, Triumph of Isis.