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Webster 1913 Edition


Crimple

Crim′ple

(kr?m′p’l)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Crimpled
(-p’ld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Crimpling
(-pl?ng)
.]
[Dim. of
crimp
, v. t. ]
To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl.
[R.]
Wiseman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Crimple

CRIMPLE

,
Verb.
T.
[G. See Crumple and Rumple.] To contract or draw together; to shrink; to cause to shrink; to curl.

Definition 2024


crimple

crimple

English

Verb

crimple (third-person singular simple present crimples, present participle crimpling, simple past and past participle crimpled)

  1. (archaic) to crumple, crimp
    • 1894, Robert Smythe Hichens, The Green Carnation:
      Esme assented with a graceful bend of his crimpled head, and in a clear and deliberate voice began to speak.
    • 1862, James R. Gilmore, Among the Pines:
      The boy had dwindled to a skeleton, and the skin lay on his face in crimpled folds, like a mask of black crape.