crape : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crape	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for crape
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crape n small very thin pancake [syn: crape, crepe, {French pancake}] a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface Synonym(s): crepe, crape v cover or drape with crape; "crape the mirror" [syn: crape, crepe] curl tightly; "crimp hair" Synonym(s): crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crape \Crape\ (kr[amac]p), n. [F. cr[ecir]pe, fr. L. crispus curled, crisped. See {Crisp}.] A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope. {Crape myrtle} (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub ({Lagerstr[94]mia Indica}) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. {Oriental crape}. See {Canton crape}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crape \Crape\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craped} (kr[amac]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Craping}.] [F. cr[ecir]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.