What is to make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. Spenser called?
supple — To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. Spenser. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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