Crimp

(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.

(verb.) curl tightly; 'crimp hair'.

(verb.) make ridges into by pinching together.

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• They are then forced along thirty grooves in the steel clamps, which crimp the paper, and on through the crimp. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The edges of the cloths were first crimped or fluted and then sewed by a running stitch. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• My aunt was walking up and down the room when I returned, crimping the borders of her nightcap with her fingers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• While the maid was busy crimping or starching, I took an Italian iron from the fire, and applied the light scarlet glowing tip to my arm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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