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(1):

(v. t.) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge.

(2):

(v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.

(3):

(n.) A coal broker.

(4):

(n.) One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.

(5):

(n.) A game at cards.

(6):

(n.) Hair which has been crimped; - usually in pl.

(7):

(n.) A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.

(8):

(v. t.) to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.

(9):

(v. t.) 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.

(10):

(a.) Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.

(11):

(a.) Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.

(12):

(v. t.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Crimp'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/crimp.html. 1828.
 
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