Noun
a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled

Noun
someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers

Noun
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"

Verb
curl tightly; "crimp hair"

Verb
make ridges into by pinching together

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To pinch and hold; to seize.

v. t.
to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.

v. t.
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.

a.
Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.

a.
Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.

n.
A coal broker.

n.
One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.

n.
A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.

n.
Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.

n.
A game at cards.

Crimp

Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth.

The evidance is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves.

Crimp

Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.

A coal broker.