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Webster 1913 Edition
Crape
Crape
(krāp)
, Noun.
A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen.
A saint in
crape
is twice a saint in lawn. Pope.
Crape myrtle
(Bot.)
, a very ornamental shrub (
– Lagerstroemia Indica
) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. Oriental crape
. See
Canton crape
.Crape
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Craped
(krāpt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Craping
.] To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz;
as, to
. crape
the hair; to crape
silkThe hour for curling and
craping
the hair. Mad. D’Arblay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Crape
CRAPE
,Noun.
A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn.
CRAPE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
crape
crape
English
Noun
crape (countable and uncountable, plural crapes)
- Alternative form of crepe (“a thin fabric, paper, or pancake”).
- Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.
Translations
crepe — see crepe
mourning garments
thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill
Verb
crape (third-person singular simple present crapes, present participle craping, simple past and past participle craped)
- (transitive) To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.
- a machine for craping silk
- The hour for curling and craping the hair. — Madame d'Arblay.