Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SCRIMP
SCRIMP, v.t. [Sw. skrumpen, shriveled; D. krimpen, to shrink, crimp, shrivel; G. schrumpfen; W. crimpiaw, to pinch.]
To contract; to shorten; to make too small or short; to limit or straiten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat. New England.
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