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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Crimp \Crimp\ (kr[i^]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimped} (kr[i^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimping}.] [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See {Cramp}.] 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 crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. {Crisp}. [1913 Webster] The comely hostess in a crimped cap. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 2. To pinch and hold; to seize. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. [1913 Webster] Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 5. (Firearms) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Crimp \Crimp\, a. 1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [R.] [1913 Webster] Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. --J. Philips. [1913 Webster] 2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.] [1913 Webster] The evidence is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Crimp \Crimp\, n. 1. A coal broker. [Prov. Eng.] --De Foe. [1913 Webster] 2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. -- Marryat. [1913 Webster] 3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced. [1913 Webster] 4. Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl. [1913 Webster] 5. A game at cards. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] {Boot crimp}. See under {Boot}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: crimp n 1: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow" [syn: {fold}, {crease}, {plication}, {flexure}, {crimp}, {bend}] 2: someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers [syn: {crimp}, {crimper}] 3: a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled v 1: make ridges into by pinching together [syn: {crimp}, {pinch}] 2: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: {crimp}, {crape}, {frizzle}, {frizz}, {kink up}, {kink}]