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pr. & vb.
n. Craping.] [F. crêper, fr. L.
crispare to curl, crisp, fr. crispus. See
Crape, n.] To form into ringlets;
to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to
crape silk.


The hour for curling and craping the
hair.

Mad. D'Arblay.


Crape"fish` (kr?p"f?sh`), n.
Salted codfish hardened by pressure. Kane.


Crap"nel (kr?p"nel), n.
A hook or drag; a grapnel.


Crap"pie (kr?p"p?), n.
(Zoöl.) A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus
Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States
and Mississippi valley. There are several species.
[Written
also croppie.]


Crap"ple (kr?p"p'l), n. [See
Graple.] A claw. [Obs.]


Craps (kr?ps), n. A gambling
game with dice.
[Local, U.S.]


{ ||Crap"u*la (kr?p"?-l?), Crap"ule
(kr?p"?l), } n. [L. crapula
intoxication.] Same as Crapulence.


Crap"u*lence (-?-lens), n.
The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit.


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