wimple, wimpel

[A. S. wimpel; cogn. with Dut. wimpel a streamer, a pendant; Icel. vimpill; Dan. & Sw. vimpel; Ger.wimpel =a pennon (whence Fr. guimpe, English gimp ).] †1. A covering of silk or linen for the neck, chin, and sides of the face, worn usually out of doors. It was often bound on the forehead by a fillet of gold, plain or set with jewels, or by a band of silk. It is still retained as a conventual dre for nuns. IMG:content-0914.png:[blocks in formation] "To win this easy match." Shakesp.: King John, v. 2. 2. To gain or obtain in any way, but especially implying exertion, effort, or struggle; to earn for one's self. "Her husband's fame won in the fields." Shakesp.: Rape of Lucrece, 107. 3. In a more limited sense, to gain by fighting, to get po e ion of by conquest. "To win back their country by their swords."- Arnold : Hist . of Rome , i. 116. 4. To earn or gain by toil or as the reward of labor. "He kept that he won in the pestilence, For gold in physic is a cordial." Chaucer: C. T., 444. (Prol.) *5. To accomplish by effort; as, to win one's way. *6. To attain or reach to, as a goal, by effort, or struggle; to gain, as the end of one's journey. "When the stony path began By which the naked peak they wan ." Scott. (Ann andale.) *7. To come up to; to overtake, to reach. "Even in the porch he did him win." Spenser: F. Q., VI., i. 23. 8. To gain to one's side or party, as by solicitation or other influence; to gain over; to procure the favor or support of, as for a cause which one has at heart. (Generally followed by over .) "Pray heaven she win him." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure , ii. 2. 9. To attract, to please. "His face was of that doubtful kind That wins the eye." Scott : Rokeby , v. 16. 10. To allure to kindne or compliance; to bring to a favorable or compliant state of mind; to gain or obtain, especially by solicitation or courtship. "Gentle thou art, and therefore to be won . " Shakesp.: Sonnet 41. *11. To prevail on; to induce. "Cannot your grace win her to fancy him?" Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen, iii. 1. II. Mining: To obtain as the result of mining operations; as, to win ore, to win coal. B. Intransitive : 1. To be superior in a contest or struggle; to be victorious; to gain the victory; to be or prove succe ful. "That is not the cry of men who are going to win ." Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xiii. 2. To attain or arrive at any particular state or degree; to become, to get. (Always with an accompanying word, as an adjective or preposition; as, to win loose, to win free, to win at, to win away.) ( Scotch .) "Vera weel! Now ye maun get to Be y's Apron, that's the muckle braid flat blue stane-and then, I think, wi' your help and the tow together, I'll win at ye." -Scott : Antiquary , ch. vii. IMG:content-0915.png:[blocks in formation] ( Spenser: F. Q., I. i. 4.) II. Fig .: To hoodwink. B. Intransitive: IMG:content-0916.jpg:[blocks in formation] but nece arily the older form of guinchir, guenchir =to wriggle, wince, from M. H. Ger. wenken , wen chen to wince, from wanc =a start aside, from M. H. Ger. wank , pa. t. winken =to move aside, to nod; cogn. with Eng. wink (q. v.).] *1. To kick. "Paul, whom the Lord hadde chosun, long tyme wynside agen the pricke." Wycliffe: Prolog on the Dedes of Apostles . 2. To twist, shrink, or turn, as in pain or uneasine ; to shrink, as from a blow or pain; to start back. "Three hundred and seventeen stripes were inflicted; but the sufferer never winced ." -Macaulay. Hist. Eng., ch. vi. winçe (1), s. [WINCE, v.] The act of one who winces; a start or shrinking, as from pain. winçe (2), winze, s. [Etym. doubtful.] An oath. ( Scotch.) ( Burns: Halloween, xxiii.)