GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Rumple , v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rumpled p. pr. & vb. n. Rumpling .] [Cf. rimple, and D. rimpelen to wrinkle, rompelig rough, uneven, G. rümpfen to wrinkle, MHG. rümphen, OHG. rimpfan, Gr. ῥάμφος 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.
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   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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   Rumple, n. A fold or plait; a wrinkle.
   Dryden.
   
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