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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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(Wympillit,) Wimpled, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. wimpled (1579), wearing a wimple; Wympil(l v.] Involved, convoluted; ? perverse. —1680 Fountainhall Decis. I 80.
In the case … anent the ship taken by Captain Martine from the merchants of Hamburgh … the Lords found 1mo, That it ought to be proven the goods were piratically taken and found the admiral's decreet not sufficient to prove it but required the oaths of the seamen [etc.] … 2do, That the cautioners for the privateer … behoved to be discussed before the intromitters with the goods. 3tio, Ordained the stranger to prove and adduce the laws and customs of the other nations in Europe [etc.] … This was thought an odd and wimpled interlocutor
