crimp

adj

(obsolete) Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. / (obsolete) Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.

The crimp pastry was so delicate that it crumbled with the slightest touch.

意味（1）

(obsolete) Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.

Now the Fowler […] Treads the crimp Earth,

意味（2）

(obsolete) Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.

The evidence is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves