Part 2584

<i>De Foe.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.</def>

<i> Marryat.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in <it>pl.</it></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A game at cards.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<cs><col>Boot crimp</col>. <cd>See under <er>Boot</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Crimpage</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crimp"age</hw> <tt>(-?j)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.</def>

<h1>Crimper</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crimp"er</hw> <tt>(-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, crimps; as: <sd>(a)</sd> A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape. <sd>(b)</sd> A device for giving hair a wavy apperance. <sd>(c)</sd> A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.</def>

<h1>Crimple</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crim"ple</hw> <tt>(kr?m"p'l)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crimpled</er> <tt>(-p'ld)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crimpling</er> <tt>(-pl?ng)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>crimp</ets>, v. t. ]</ety> <def>To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Crimpy</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crimp"y</hw> <tt>(kr?mp"?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; <as>as, the <ex>crimpy</ex> wool of the Saxony sheep</as>.</def>

<h1>Crimson</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crim"son</hw> <tt>(kr?m"z'n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>crimson</ets>, OF. <ets>crimoisin</ets>, F. <ets>cramoisi</ets> (cf. Sp. <ets>carmesi</ets>.) LL. <ets>carmesinus</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>qermazi</ets>, fr. <ets>qermez</ets> crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. <ets>k<?/mija</ets> produced by a worm; <ets>k<?/mi</ets> worm or insect + <ets>jan</ets> to generate; akin to E. <ets>kin</ets>. CF. <er>Carmine</er>, <er>Kermes</er>.]</ety> <def>A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.</def>

<blockquote>Theugh jour be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like <b>crimson</b>, they shall be as wool. <i>Is. i. 18.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A maid jet rosed over with the virgin <b>crimson</b> of modesty. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crimson</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crim"son</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.</def> "A <i>crimson</i> tide."

<i>Mrs. Hemans.</i>

<blockquote>The blushing poppy with a <b>crimson</b> hue. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crimson</h1> <Xpage=345>

<hw>Crim"son</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crimsoned</er> <tt>(-z'nd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crimsoning</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.</def>

<blockquote>Signed in thy spoil and <b>crimsoned</b> in thy lethe. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>