Hypertext Webster Gateway: "craping"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Crape \Crape\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craped} (kr[=a]pt); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Craping}.] [F. cr[^e]per, 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.


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