SUPPLE
Sup"ple, v. i.
Defn: To become soft and pliant.
The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden.
SUPPLE-CHAPPED
Sup"ple-chapped`, a.
Defn: Having a limber tongue. [R.] "A supple-chapped flatterer."
Marston.
SUPPLE-JACK Sup"ple-jack`, n. (Bot.) (a) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. (b) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem. He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke. W. Irving.
Note: This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies.
SUPPLELY
Sup"ple*ly, adv.
Defn: In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly. Cotgrave.
SUPPLEMENT Sup"ple*ment, n. Etym: [F. supplément, L. supplementum, fr. supplere to fill up. See Supply, v. t.]
1. That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply. [Obs.] Chapman.