Crimp

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Crimped (krĭmt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimping.] The comely hostess in a crimped cap. - W. Irving.
	2.	To pinch and hold; to seize.
	3.	to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. - Carlyle.
	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.
	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. 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.
a.	1.	Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. - J. Philips.
	2.	Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. The evidence is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. - Arbuthnot.
n.	1.	A coal broker.
	2.	One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
	3.	A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
	4.	Hair which has been crimped; - usually in pl.
	5.	A game at cards. Boot crimp See under Boot.

Noun	1.	crimp - 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" Synonyms: crease, fold, plication, flexure, bend
	2.	crimp - someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers Synonyms: crimper
	3.	crimp - a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
Verb	1.	crimp - make ridges into by pinching together Synonyms: pinch
	2.	crimp - curl tightly; "crimp hair" Synonyms: frizz, kink, kink up, frizzle, crape

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