eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 128 Calamistratis, gecrymptum.

1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler 66 Then he [sc. a fly] creeps out of his cell, but with his wings so crimpt..that they are for some hours totally useless to him.

1698 E. Tyson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 112 The Verge or Rime of the outward Ear seem'd to be crimp'd.

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses iii. i. 6 She had laid aside Feathers, Flowers, and crimpt Ribons in her Head-dress.

1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) (at cited word) Crimpt, curled.

1793 Minstrel II. 172 Her crimpt lips relaxed to something like a smile.

1843 W. M. Thackeray Bluebeard's Ghost in Fraser's Mag. Oct. 413/1 She..had her beautiful hair confined in crimped caps.

1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 66 The first primrose I saw, In its wee nest o' crimpit leaves.

1886 M. F. Sheldon tr. G. Flaubert Salammbô 44 Gold spangles glittered in the crimped hair.

1952 E. L. Leeming Road Engin. (ed. 3) vii. 86 Special tamped or crimped finishes may be applied to afford a better grip for driving-wheels.

1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 115/2 Wavy St John's-wort..is an intriguing and attractive species with distinctive crimped leaves.

2004 Teen Vogue Aug. 129 Crimped hair is staging a major comeback for fall.

1740 Lady's Compan. (ed. 2) xxix. 632/2 May. First Course... Crimp'd Cod.

1798 Anti-Jacobin 19 Feb. 119/2 Love assails..the melting Whales, Cools the crimpt Cod.

1804 A. Carlisle in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 95 23 The specific gravity of the crimped fish was greater than that of the dead fish.

1851 H. W. Longfellow Jrnl. 1 Aug. in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1886) II. vii. 199 He is to serve up a ‘crimped cod’,—a most inhumane dish.

1902 G. S. Whitmore Last Maori War iv. 51 One of our men was..terribly wounded by tomahawk cuts, so as to present the appearance of a crimped fish.

1959 Home Encycl. 69 Crimped fish is usually boiled..and served with suitable sauces.

1995 Boston Herald (Nexis) 22 Oct. (Features section) Included on the menu are..crimped cod and split roasted turkey, all appropriately dressed for a 1600s repast.

1828 Periscope 21 June in Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 9 274/1 Hospital reporting is of much more ancient date abroad... The details are not so crimped as ours.

1837 R. Huish Hist. Life & Reign William IV 698 This domain—limited as it is, crimped, cabined, and confined, compared with what was the range of his sovereignty.

1916 Thinkograph Sept. 45 Those of us who are crimped and cramped for money all the time know it awful hard.

1987 W. Greider Secrets of Temple i. iv. 139 The Bank of America in San Francisco..also did not feel crimped by Paul Volcker's dramatic policy change.

2005 R. Boswell Province with Heart ii. 26 A world of newcomers weary of cramped quarters and crimped prospects in their native countries.

1845 Northern Star 22 Nov. 4/5 One such volunteer is worth ten thousand ‘crimped’ recruits.

1861 All Year Round 13 July 373/2 They were on a different footing from that of the crimped men.

1902 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 448/2 Those crimped men are no good.

1985 B. C. Busch War against Seals vi. 177 The only men who would put up with conditions to be found at Heard Island and such dismal places, aside from crimped sailors, were Cape Verde Islanders.

2003 J. Gribbin & M. Gribbin FitzRoy i. 39 The lookout on the Imperatrix, who turned out to be one of the crimped men.