n. [ Cf. F. pimpant smart, sparkish; perh. akin to piper to pipe, formerly also, to excel. Cf. Pipe. ] One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Pimped p. pr. & vb. n. Pimping. ] To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pimprenelle; cf. Sp. pimpinela, It. pimpinella; perh. from LL. bipinnella, for bipinnula two-winged, equiv. to L. bipennis; bis twice + penna feather, wing. Cf. Pen a feather. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (Anagallis arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

Water pimpernel. (Bot.) See Brookweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Bot.) A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- called also pimploes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pimpernel. ] (Bot.) The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. G. pimpelig, pimpelnd, sickly, weak. ] 1. Little; petty; pitiful. [ Obs. ] Crabbe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Puny; sickly. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. pīpelian to blister; cf. L. papula pimple. ] 1. (Med.) Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not. “All eyes can see a pimple on her nose.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple. “A pimple that portends a future sprout.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having pimples. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pimpled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office, occupation, or persom of a pimp. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]