Obs. [f. CRUMP a. or its source: see CRIMP v.1 and CRAMP sb.1 Cf. also G. dial. krummen, krumpen, Du. krommen, to become crooked, to crook, krumpfen to shrivel, shrink up, which are similarly related to G. krumm, krumpf adj. Also the transitive krümmen, krümpen, krumpfen: see Grimm.]
1. intr. To draw itself into a curve, curl, curl up.
c. 1325. Poem times Edw. II., 115, in Pol. Songs (Camden), 329. Summe bereth croune of acolite for the crumponde crok.
1605. B. Jonson, Volpone, V. ii. But your Clarissimo, old round-backe, he Will crumpe you [= to or for you], like a hog-louse, with the touch.
2. trans. (and refl.) To bend (a thing) into a curve, crook, curl up.
1480. [see CRUMPED].
1743. Parsons, in Phil. Trans., XLII. 535. He turns his Tail to the Wall, and, extending his hind Legs asunder, crumps himself up.
1818. Keats, Extracts from Opera. A careless nurse … May have crumpt up a pair of Dian’s legs, And warpt the ivory of a Juno’s neck.
3. fig. ? To ruffle, disturb.
1656. Heylin, Surv. France, 158. Who being so often troubled and crumped by them, have little cause to afford them a liking.
