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crape

WordNet
woman with crape mesh bonnet-fichu .... p. 348
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  1. (v) crape
    curl tightly "crimp hair"
  2. (v) crape
    cover or drape with crape "crape the mirror"
  3. (n) crape
    a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface
  4. (n) crape
    small very thin pancake
Illustrations
Woman to the left, in a Robe à la Turque, of violet Peking (?) With crape sleeves. Body and skirt in pale yellow Beijing. Over the yellow skirt a white skirt with wide falbala and covered with yellow and purple bands. Print from the fashion magazine Journal des Luxus und der Moden, published by Friedrich Justin Bertuch and Georg Melchior Kraus, Weimar, 1786-1826.
Woman to the left, in a Robe à la Turque, of violet Peking (?) With crape sleeves. Body and skirt in pale yellow Beijing. Over the yellow skirt a white skirt with wide falbala and covered with yellow and purple bands. Print from the fashion magazine Journal des Luxus und der Moden, published by Friedrich Justin Bertuch and Georg Melchior Kraus, Weimar, 1786-1826.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Crape
    krāp 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."
  2. Crape
    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."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) crape
    A thin, semi-transparent stuff made of silk, finely crinkled or crisped, either irregularly or in long, nearly parallel ridges. It is made white, black, and also colored. The black has a peculiarly somber appearance, from its rough surface without gloss, and is hence considered especially appropriate for mourning dress. Japanese crape is in general of the character above described, but is often printed in bright colors, and is sometimes used for rich dresses.
  2. (n) crape
    One dressed in mourning; a hired mourner; a mute.
  3. crape
    To curl; form into ringlets; crimp, crinkle, or frizzle: as, to crape the hair.
  4. crape
    To cover or drape with crape.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Crape
    krāp a thin silk fabric, tightly twisted, without removing the natural gum—usually dyed black, used for mournings
  2. (adj) Crape
    made of crape
  3. (v.t) Crape
    to clothe with crape: to frizzle (hair)
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary F. crêper, fr. L. crispare, to curl, crisp, fr. crispus,. See Crape (n.)

Usage in the news

Crape myrtle, flamboyant from late July through September. easthamptonstar.com

Here, it seems, crape myrtle s are everywhere. dallasnews.com

For years, crape myrtle s have been planted in McKinney roadway medians. dallasnews.com

Q My crape myrtle s flowered very well and then stopped. acotrib.com

If crape myrtle s flower heavily, they will begin to make seed. acotrib.com

The winter months are the best time to prune crape myrtle s. gwinnettdailypost.com

But the crape bed won't be lonesome. klru.org

Due to the rains these past few weeks, many gardeners are finding mold, or mildew , on hollies, crape myrtles and other shrubs and perennials. cadizrecord.com

Dan Gill's mailbox: Wheeler's pittosporum , crape myrtles and more. nola.com

My crape myrtles look superhealthy, and I was so happy that they did not get powdery mildew this year. dallasnews.com

The sod under that 40-foot crape myrtle is dying. dallasnews.com

Garden Q&A: Crape myrtles blooming beautifully . acotrib.com

Q I heavily fertilized my 8-year-old crape myrtles in February and they have bloomed better than ever. acotrib.com

A crape myrtle tree was planted at Sargeant Elementary School in Roseville on Wednesday to honor a little boy who lost his life to brain cancer. thepresstribune.com

What is the white powdery substance on my Crape Myrtle. clintonnc.com

Usage in literature

All the Sparhawk portraits were covered with black crape, and the family pew was draped with black. "The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866" by Various

I am this moment going to crape and dress. "Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782" by Lucinda Lee Orr

The shades are dis-sorted, the spangles are scattered And for want of due care the crape has got tattered. "Home Life in Colonial Days" by Alice Morse Earle

The sight of it almost made her scream, for the face was partially covered by a crape mask, through which the eyes gleamed fiercely. "Nell, of Shorne Mills" by Charles Garvice

One silk will be enough, and one of crape. "A Forgotten Hero" by Emily Sarah Holt

I know very well that the dye has run out of these crapes, and my face is beautifully streaked with black! "Shining Ferry" by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

England is today a country tied with crape. "Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7" by Elbert Hubbard

For me crape and permanent emancipation. "The History of Sir Richard Calmady" by Lucas Malet

I have no crape about me. "A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father" by William Cooper

Again he had said to himself: she will be wearing crape as in the old times; I wonder why. "A Venetian June" by Anna Fuller

Usage in poetry
A was an elegant Ape
Who tied up his ears with red tape,
And wore a long veil
Half revealing his tail
Which was trimmed with jet bugles and crape.
"Billy's Alphabetical Animal Show" by James Whitcomb Riley Author object (339)
Decay and silence sadly drape
The vigorous limbs of oldest trees,
The rotting leaves and rocks whose knees
Are shagged with moss, with misty crape.
"A November Sketch" by Madison Julius Cawein Author object (456)
A cloud hangs over, strange of shape,
And, colored like the half-ripe grape,
Seems some uneven stain
On heaven's azure; thin as crape,
And blue as rain.
"Evening On The Farm" by Madison Julius Cawein Author object (456)
Sundays all day in the door he sat,
A string of withered-up crape on his hat,
The crown half fallen against his head,
And half sewed in with a shoemaker's thread.
"Sandy Macleod" by Alice Cary Author object (29)
Tom, dressed in crape and hatband,
Of mourners was the chief;
In bitter self-upbraidings
Poor Edward showed his grief:
Tom hid his fat white countenance
In his pocket-handkerchief.
"The King Of Brentford’s Testament" by William Makepeace Thackeray Author object (711)
And so lugubrious folds of crape
Are crimped and twisted into shape
With graceful heads of yellow,
That give a winsome toning down
To sombre hat and sable gown--
In autumn tintings mellow.
"All the Rage" by Hattie Howard