Crape
[kreɪp] or [krep]
Definition
(noun.) small very thin pancake.
(verb.) cover or drape with crape; 'crape the mirror'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk.
Edited by Barbie
Definition
n. a thin silk fabric tightly twisted without removing the natural gum—usually dyed black used for mournings.—adj. made of crape.—v.t. to clothe with crape: to frizzle (hair).—adj. Crap′y.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing crape hanging from a door, denotes that you will hear of the sudden death of some relative or friend. To see a person dressed in crape, indicates that sorrow, other than death, will possess you. It is bad for business and trade. To the young, it implies lovers' disputes and separations.
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Examples
- Crape, keys, centre-bits, darkies--nothing forgotten? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He trembled pitifully as the undertaker's man was arranging his crape draperies around him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Everything is as handsome as could be, crape and silk and everything, said Mrs. Vincy, contentedly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He too looked down at the crape round his hat and replied-- Mr. John died yesterday was a week, at his chambers in London. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- St. Clare was a good deal affected at the sight of it; the little book had been rolled in a long strip of black crape, torn from the funeral weeds. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Fine gal, said Rawdon, returning the salute which the cottage gave him, by two fingers applied to his crape hatband. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But then Mrs. Waule always has black crape on. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There was a good fire in the room, and a breathless smell of warm black crape--I did not know what the smell was then, but I know now. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Her simple bonnet had been trimmed to correspond with her sash; her pretty but inexpensive scarf of white crape suited her dress. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The gloom of the night was funereal; all nature seemed clothed in crape. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He used to say that the horrible hue and surface of her crape dress was most likely the sufficient controlling force. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- An old woman, with a piece of crape hanging down here, said he, pointing to his breast, and ragged, red shoes. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- This trivial crape expresses sensibilities which I summon Mr. Hartright to respect. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And there, in an Indian shawl and a pale-green crape bonnet--therefresh, portly, blithe, and pleasant--there stood Madame Beck. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Come as Lady Crawley, if you like, the Baronet said, grasping his crape hat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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