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CRIMINATIVE a.
Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. R. North.
CRIMINATORY a.
Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, a criminatory conscience.
CRIMINOLOGY n.
A treatise on crime or the criminal population. -- Crim`i*nol"o*gist (-j, n.
CRIMINOUS a.
Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous. [Obs.] Holland. -- Crim"i*nous*ly, adv.. -- Crim"i*nous*ness,n. [Obs.]
CRIMOSIN n.
See Crimson.
CRIMP v. 11 definitions
ay that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy apperance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp. The comely hostess in a crimped cap. W. Irving.
CRIMPAGE n.
The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.
CRIMPER n.
One who, or that which, crimps; as: (a) A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape. (b) A device for giving hair a wavy apperance. (c) A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
CRIMPLE v.
To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl. [R.] Wiseman.
CRIMPY a.
Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.
CRIMSON n. 4 definitions
eral. Theugh jour be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Is. i. 18. A maid jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. Shak.
DEPRIMENT a.
Serving to depress. [R.] "Depriment muscles." Derham.
DETRIMENT n. 3 definitions
causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc. I can repair That detriment, if such it be. Milton.
DETRIMENTAL a.
Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful. Neither dangerous nor detrimental to the donor. Addison.
DETRIMENTALNESS n.
The quality of being detrimental; injuriousness.
DIRECT PRIMARY n.
A primary by which direct nominations of candidates for office are made.
DIRIMENT a.
Absolute. Diriment impediment (R. C. Ch.), an impediment that nullifies marriage.
DISCRIMINABLE a.
Capable of being discriminated. [Obs.] Bailey.
DISCRIMINAL a.
In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation between the hand and the arm.
DISCRIMINANT n.
The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant.
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