Definition

To gather simples, or medicinal plants. As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed. Garth.

Other Definitions

This word also has 2 other definitions:

SIMPLE (adjective)

1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substanc...

SIMPLE (noun)

1. Something not mixed or compounded. "Compounded of many simples." Shak. 2. A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to p...