"Crimping" is a word in ENGLISH

To crimp; as, calvered salmon.

A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for …

To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk.

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

To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to …

To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, …

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

To pinch and hold; to seize.

Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.

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

A game at cards.

A coal broker.

Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.

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

The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.

of Crimp

One who, or that which, crimps

A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.

Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.

To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp.