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