CRIMP
\kɹˈɪmp], \kɹˈɪmp], \k_ɹ_ˈɪ_m_p]\
Definitions of CRIMP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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 crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp.
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To pinch and hold; to seize.
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to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.
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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.
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Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
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Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
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A coal broker.
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One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
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A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
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Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.
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In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge.
By Oddity Software
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In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge.
By Noah Webster.
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To cause to pucker or wrinkle; to curl; decoy for enlistment.
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The act of curling or twisting; formerly, one who entrapped men for the navy or army.
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Crimper.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Made crisp or brittle.
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To wrinkle: to plait: to make crisp: to seize or decoy.
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One who decoys another into the naval or military service.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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