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Definition of Crapes
1. crape [v] - See also: crape
Literary usage of Crapes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1814)
"And, whereas, with regard to crapes intended to be dyed of one uniform ...
and the crapes are thereby fit to be dyed in the piece by the usual methods. ..."
2. International Exhibition, 1876: Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"Dyed and spotted crapes. 347 121 Ich ida, R., Kiyoto.—Dyed and spotted crapes,
... White crapes. 247 128 Tsuboi C., Nagahama, Province of Omi.—white crapes. ..."
3. A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea. Being a by Robert Fortune (1857)
"... of the shops — Fans and silks — Bich dresses of the people — Raw silk and
hongs — Flowered crapes — Chinese play and audience — How I perform my part ! ..."
4. Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"=45 a Fancy dress silks, «45 с crapes dyed and figured. ... Dyed and spotted crapes.
247 For clashes of exhibits, indicated by numbers 122 Shii-no, S., ..."
5. The Apophthegms of the Ancients: Being an Historical Collection of the Most by Desiderius Erasmus (1753)
"Zeuxis, having drawn a boy, holding crapes in his hand, fo very natural, that
the •lew to peck them, ran out, in a violent i, faying, " I have done the ..."
6. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1814)
"And, whereas, with regard to crapes intended to be dyed of one uniform ...
and the crapes are thereby fit to be dyed in the piece by the usual methods. ..."
7. International Exhibition, 1876: Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"Dyed and spotted crapes. 347 121 Ich ida, R., Kiyoto.—Dyed and spotted crapes,
... White crapes. 247 128 Tsuboi C., Nagahama, Province of Omi.—white crapes. ..."
8. A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea. Being a by Robert Fortune (1857)
"... of the shops — Fans and silks — Bich dresses of the people — Raw silk and
hongs — Flowered crapes — Chinese play and audience — How I perform my part ! ..."
9. Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"=45 a Fancy dress silks, «45 с crapes dyed and figured. ... Dyed and spotted crapes.
247 For clashes of exhibits, indicated by numbers 122 Shii-no, S., ..."
10. The Apophthegms of the Ancients: Being an Historical Collection of the Most by Desiderius Erasmus (1753)
"Zeuxis, having drawn a boy, holding crapes in his hand, fo very natural, that
the •lew to peck them, ran out, in a violent i, faying, " I have done the ..."