Chimpanzee :: Chimpanzee (n.) An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high..

Crimp :: Crimp (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..

Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.

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

Crimp :: Crimp (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..

Crimp :: Crimp (a.) Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.

Crimp :: Crimp (a.) Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.

Crimp :: Crimp (n.) A coal broker.

Crimp :: Crimp (n.) One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.

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

Crimp :: Crimp (n.) Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.

Crimp :: Crimp (n.) A game at cards.

Crimpage :: Crimpage (n.) The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.

Crimped :: Crimped (imp. & p. p.) of Crim.

Crimper :: Crimper (n.) One who, or that which, crimps.

Crimper :: Crimper (n.) A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.

Crimper :: Crimper (n.) A device for giving hair a wavy appearance.

Crimper :: Crimper (n.) A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.

Crimping :: Crimping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crim.

Crimple :: Crimple (v. t.) To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl.

Crimpled :: Crimpled (imp. & p. p.) of Crimpl.

Crimpling :: Crimpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crimpl.

Crimpy :: Crimpy (a.) Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep..

Crown-imperial :: Crown-imperial (n.) A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves..

Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin..

Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight indentation on any surface.

Dimple :: Dimple (v. i.) To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.

Dimple :: Dimple (v. t.) To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions.

Dimpled :: Dimpled (imp. & p. p.) of Dimpl.

Dimplement :: Dimplement (n.) The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions..

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