Part 2583

<h1>Criminative</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crim"i*na*tive</hw> <tt>(kr?m"?-n?-t?v)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.</def>

<i>R. North.</i>

<h1>Criminatory</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crim"i*na*to*ry</hw> <tt>(-t?-r?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; <as>as, a <ex>criminatory</ex> conscience</as>.</def>

<h1>Criminology</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crim`i*nol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(-n?l"?-j?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crimen</ets>, <ets>crimenis</ets>, crime + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A treatise on crime or the criminal population.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Crim`i*nol"o*gist</wf> <tt>(-j<?/st)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Criminous</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crim"i*nous</hw> <tt>(kr?m"?-n?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>criminosus</ets>, fr. <ets>crimen</ets>. See <er>Crime</er>.]</ety> <def>Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Crim"i*nous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt>. -- <wf>Crim"i*nous*ness</wf>,<tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Crimosin</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crim"o*sin</hw> <tt>(kr?m"?-z?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Crimson</er>.</def>

<h1>Crim</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crim</hw> <tt>(kr?mp)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crimped</er> <tt>(kr?mt; 215)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crimping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Akin to D. <ets>krimpen</ets> to shrink, shrivel, Sw. <ets>krympa</ets>, Dan. <ets>krympe</ets>, and to E. <ets>cramp</ets>. See <er>Cramp</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy apperance to; <as>as, to <ex>crimp</ex> the border of a cap; to <ex>crimp</ex> a ruffle</as>. Cf. <er>Crisp</er>.</def>

<blockquote>The comely hostess in a <b>crimped</b> cap. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pinch and hold; to seize.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; <as>as, to <ex>crimp</ex> seamen</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Coaxing and courting with intent to <b>crimp</b> him. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; <as>as, to <ex>crimp</ex> skate, etc.</as></def>

<cs><col>Crimping house</col>, <cd>a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers.</cd> -- <col>Crimping iron</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A crimping machine.</cd> -- <col>Crimping machine</col>, <cd>a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc.</cd> -- <col>Crimping pin</col>, <cd>an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap.</cd></cs>

<h1>Crimp</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crimp</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Now the fowler . . . treads the <b>crimp</b> earth. <i>J. Philips.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The evidance is <b>crimp</b>; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crimp</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crimp</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A coal broker.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>