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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRAPE, n. [See Crisp.] A thin transparent stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill, woven without crossing, and much used in mourning. Crape is also used for gowns and the dress of the clergy.
A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn.
CRAPE, v.t. To curl; to form into ringlets; as, to crape the hair.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: small very thin pancake [syn: crape, crepe, French pancake]
2: a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface [syn: crepe, crape] v
1: cover or drape with crape; "crape the mirror" [syn: crape, crepe]
2: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: alteration of French crępe, from Middle French crespe, from crespe curly, from Latin crispus — more at crisp Date: 1633 1. crepe 2. a band of crepe worn on a hat or sleeve as a sign of mourning II. transitive verb (craped; craping) Date: 1815 to cover or shroud with or as if with crape III. transitive verb (craped; craping) Etymology: French cręper, from Middle French cresper, from crespe Date: 1774 to make (the hair) curly

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 cr{ecirc}pe, usu. of black silk or imitation silk, formerly used for mourning clothes. 2 a band of this formerly worn round a person's hat etc. as a sign of mourning. Phrases and idioms: crape fern a NZ fern, Leptopteris superba, with tall dark-green fronds. crape hair artificial hair used in stage make-up. Derivatives: crapy adj. Etymology: earlier crispe, crespe f. F crespe CR|PE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crape Crape (kr[=a]p), n. [F. cr[^e]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["o]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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.