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Webster 1913 Edition
Crimp
Crimp
(krĭmp)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Crimped
(krĭmt; 215)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Crimping
.] 1.
To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to;
as, to
. Cf. crimp
the border of a cap; to crimp
a ruffleCrisp
. The comely hostess in a
crimped
cap. W. Irving.
2.
To pinch and hold; to seize.
3.
Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service;
as, to
. crimp
seamenCoaxing and courting with intent to
crimp
him. Carlyle.
4.
(Cookery)
To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife;
as, to
crimp
skate, etc.Crimping house
, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers.
– Crimping iron
. (a)
An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair.
(b)
A crimping machine.
– Crimping machine
, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles, leather, iron, etc.
– Crimping pin
, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady’s cap.
Crimp
,Adj.
1.
Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
[R.]
Now the fowler . . . treads the
crimp
earth. J. Philips.
2.
Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
[R.]
The evidence is
crimp
; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. Arbuthnot.
Crimp
,Noun.
1.
A coal broker.
[Prov. Eng.]
De Foe.
2.
One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
Marryat.
3.
A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
4.
Hair which has been crimped; – usually in pl.
Webster 1828 Edition
Crimp
CRIMP
,Adj.
1.
Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [Little used.]The fowler--treads the crimp earth.
2.
Not consistent. [Not used.]CRIMP
,Verb.
T.
CRIMP
,Verb.
T.
CRIMP
,Noun.
1.
In England, an agent for coal-merchants, and for persons concerned in shipping.2.
One who decoys another into the naval or military service.3.
A game at cards.