bedimplev.
/bɪˈdɪmp(ə)l/ transitive. To cover or mark over with dimples.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > form as an indentation > make slight indentation(s) in
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1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) II. 276 The whitest Pebbles bedimple its smooth surface.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 30 The shower-bedimpled sandy lanes.
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