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CRIMP (possibly connected with " crimp," to draw together, or fold in parallel lines, in the sense of " confine "; the primary meaning, however, seems to be that of " agent," and the word may be a distinct one, of which the origin is lost)

CRIMP (possibly connected with " crimp," to draw together, or See also:
FOLD
fold in parallel lines, in the sense of " confine "; the See also:
PRIMARY
primary meaning, however, seems to be that of " See also:
AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)
agent," and the word may be a distinct one, of which the origin is lost) , an agent for the supplying of soldiers and sailors, by See also:

KIDNAPPING (from kid, a slang term for a child, and nap or nab, to steal)

kidnapping, drugging, decoying or other illegal means. Crimps were'formerly regularly employed in the days of See also:

IMPRESSMENT

impressment (q.v.). Now the See also:

TERM

term is used, first of any one who engages to See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply See also:

MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant See also:

SEAMEN, LAWS RELATING TO

seamen without a See also:

LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence from the See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

Trade, and is not either the owner, See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master or See also:

mate of the See also:

SHIP

ship, or is not See also:

bona fide the servant, and in the See also:

CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant employment of the owner, or is not a See also:

SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent (Merchant See also:

SHIPPING

Shipping See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1894, § III); and, with a wide application, of the extortionate lodging or boarding-See also:

house keepers, who are generally in See also:

LEAGUE

league with the " crimp " proper. Sections 212 to 219 inclusive of the above act provide for the See also:

PROTECTION

protection of merchant seamen in the See also:

UNITED

United See also:

KINGDOM

Kingdom from See also:

IMPOSITION (from Lat. imponere, to place or lay upon)

imposition. See also:

LOCAL

Local authorities at seaports have See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to make by-See also:

LAWS

laws for the licensing and regulating of lodging-houses for sailors, and to inflict penalties for the infringement thereof. If this power be not exercised, the Board of Trade may do so. Penalties are also imposed by the act for overcharging by lodging-house keepers, for detaining of seamen's effects, and for soliciting. Unauthorized persons are prohibited from boarding a ship in See also:

PORT

port without leave. The Board of Trade officer at a port may provide See also:

MONEY

money for sending a See also:

SEAMAN, OWEN (1861– )

seaman to his See also:

home on See also:

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge, and may forward his See also:

WAGES (the plural of " wage," from Late Lat. wadium, a pledge, O. Fr. wagier, gagier)

wages after deducting the expenses. Facilities are also given for having wages sent home from See also:

FOREIGN

foreign ports at a small See also:

charge. These provisions have practically killed "crimping" in the United Kingdom. In the ports of the United States of See also:

AMERICA

America crimping was See also:

long prevalent, especially on the Pacific See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, and its prevention was very difficult, but See also:

state regulations as to the licensing of boarding-houses, and the See also:

LIMITATION, STATUTES OF

limitation of the amount of so-called " See also:

BLOOD

blood-money " paid by masters of vessels to the suppliers of crews to See also:

SHIPS

ships denuded by desertions, have reduced the abuse materially.

The term " to See also:

SHANGHAI

shanghai " is used of a more serious offence. Literally meaning " to ship to Shanghai," in See also:

CHINA

China, it is applied to the drugging or rendering unconscious by violence or other means of persons, whether sailors or not, and shipping them to distant ports, in See also:

order fraudulently to obtain money in advance of wages, or for the See also:

SAKE

sake of the See also:

PREMIUM (Lat. praemium, profit, reward, prae+emere, to buy)

premium paid for supplying crews.

End of Article: CRIMP (possibly connected with " crimp," to draw together, or fold in parallel lines, in the sense of " confine "; the primary meaning, however, seems to be that of " agent," and the word may be a distinct one, of which the origin is lost)

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