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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 crape /ˈkrep/
 黑喪章,縐紗(vt.)用縐紗覆蓋,戴黑縐紗

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Crape 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.
    A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn.   --Pope.
 Crape myrtle Bot., a very ornamental shrub (Lagerstroemia 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Crape, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craped p. pr. & vb. n. Craping.]  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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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