Crimpage
(Crimp"age) n. The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting
men.
Crimper
(Crimp"er) n. One who, or that which, crimps; as: (a) A curved board or frame over which the
upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape. (b) A device for giving hair a wavy appearance.
(c) A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
Crimple
(Crim"ple) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimpled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimpling ] [Dim. of crimp, v.
t. ] To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl. [R.] Wiseman.
Crimpy
(Crimp"y) a. Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.
Crimson
(Crim"son) n. [OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus,
fr. Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. k&rsdotmija produced by a worm; kmi worm or
insect + jan to generate; akin to E. kin. CF. Carmine, Kermes.] A deep red color tinged with blue; also,
red color in general.
Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they
shall be as wool.
Is. i. 18.
A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty.
Shak.
Crimson
(Crim"son), a. Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. "A crimson tide." Mrs. Hemans.
The blushing poppy with a crimson hue.
Prior.
Crimson
(Crim"son), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimsoned (-z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimsoning.] To dye with
crimson or deep red; to redden.
Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe.
Shak.
Crimson
(Crim"son), v. t. To become crimson; to blush.
Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning.
De Quincey.
Crinal
(Cri"nal) a. [L. crinalis, fr. crinis the hair.] Of or pertaining to the hair. [R.] Blount.
Crinated
(Cri"na*ted) a. Having hair; hairy.
