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1. Crimp
   Press together two pastry layers on edge of pie crust, sealing the dough and at the same time creating a decorative edge using fingers, a fork, or other utensil.
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2. crimp
   [n] - someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers 2. [n] - a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled 3. [v] - make ridges into by pinching together 4. [v] - curl tightly, of hair
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3. Crimp
   The top edge of an incline
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4. Crimp
   Degree of waviness of a fiber, which determines its capacity to cohere.
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5. crimp
   (1) (Fibre) The waviness of a fibre; (2) (Yarn (local; take-up, regain, shrinkage))The waviness or distortion of a yarn that is due to interlacing in the fabric Category: Various industries and crafts • a connection made by crimping Category: Electrical engineering and energy &bul...
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6. Crimp
   Crimp (krĭmp) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Crimped (krĭmt; 215); present participle & verbal noun Crimping .] [ Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, ...
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7. Crimp
   Crimp adjective 1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [ R.] « Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. J. Philips. » 2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [ R.] « The evidence is crimp ; th...
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8. Crimp
   Crimp noun 1. A coal broker. [ Prov. Eng.] De Foe. 2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. Marryat. 3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fl...
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9. Crimp
   Crimp transitive verb (Firearms) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge.
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10. crimp
    crimper noun someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
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11. crimp
    crape verb curl tightly; `crimp hair`
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12. Crimp
    • (a.) Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. • (a.) Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. • (n.) Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl. • (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize. • (n.) A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced. &bul...
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13. crimp
    (from the article `fibre, man-made`) In order for staple fibres to be spun into yarn, they must have a waviness, or crimp, similar to that of wool. This crimp may be introduced ...
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14. Crimp
    [joining] Crimping is joining two pieces of metal or other malleable material by deforming one or both of them to hold the other. The bend or deformity is called the crimp. == Uses == Crimping is most extensively used in metalworking. Crimping is commonly used to join bullets to their cartri...
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15. Crimp
    [gambling] In gambling terminology a crimp is a bend that has been intentionally made on the corner(s) of a playing card to facilitate identification. A card cheat will typically bend some of the important cards during the game. Below are just several of the most popular examples. In poker, ...
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16. CRIMP
    To bend a part of a card, usually a corner, upward or downward, so that its position in the pack may be determined by sight. It is used to locate a single card or a stock which may be above or below the crimped card. It is possible to cut to such a card without glancing at the pack.
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17. Crimp
    To create a decorative edge on a piecrust, also seal the edges together.
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18. Crimp
    To create a decorative edge on a piecrust, also seal the edges together.
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19. crimp
    
    • an angular shape made by folding
    • someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
    • a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
    
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20. crimp
    a connection made by crimping
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21. Crimp
    A crimp was an agent whose business was to procure sailors etc. especially by seducing them from their employment or by kidnapping them.
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22. Crimp
    A crimp was an agent an agent who for a commission supplied ships with seamen just before sailing, the term often being applied to those low characters who supplied seamen by decoy or other illegal means to merchant ships. Often a crimp would be a lodging-house keeper or an agent of a dubious lodgin...
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23. crimp
    (1) To seal a double crusted pie by pinching the edges together. (2) To gash a freshly caught fish on both sides of the body at intervals of about one and one-half inches. The fish is then plunged into ice-cold water for about one hour This is done to keep the flesh firm and to retain the original flavor.
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24. Crimp
    the natural wave formation seen in wool. Usually the closer the crimps, the finer the wool.
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