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Crimp
Crimp Crimp, v. t. (Firearms)
In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case)
inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the
charge.
Crimp
Crimp Crimp, a.
1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [R.]
Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. --J.
Philips.
2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.]
The evidance is crimp; the witnesses swear backward
and forward, and contradict themselves. --Arbuthnot.
CrimpCrimp Crimp, n.
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 fleeced.
4. Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.
5. A game at cards. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Boot crimp. See under Boot.
Meaning of Crimp from wikipedia
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- (wire crimp) or its insulation (insulation crimp). C crimp D crimp F crimp (a.k.a. B crimp) O crimp W crimp Overlap/OVL crimp Oval (confined) crimp Four-Mandrel...
- F-crimp is a type of solderless electrical crimp connection. It is not related to the F connector common in RF equipment. It is sometimes referred to as...
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- Shanghaiing or crimping is the practice of kidnapping people to serve as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence. Those...
- to as crimping, but also can be called crinkles or deep waves. Hair crimping is usually achieved by treating the hair with heat from a crimping iron (also...
- John Douglas Crimp (August 19, 1944 – July 5, 2019) was an American art historian, critic, curator, and AIDS activist. He was known for his scholarly...
- tongs. Special tools for making crimp connections in electrical and electronic applications are often called "crimping pliers"; each type of connection...
- Martin Andrew Crimp (born 14 February 1956 in Dartford, Kent) is a British playwright. Crimp is sometimes described as a practitioner of the "in-yer-face"...
