creper

See also: crêper

English

Alternative forms

• crêper

Etymology

From crepe +‎ -er.

Noun

creper (plural crepers)

1. A machine for making rubber into crepes (rubber sheets).
   • 1973, Quarterly Journal - Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka, page 172:

     For continuous slabs of coagula derived from the conventional tanks, these are best subjected to one pass through a creper and to a granulator or a creper-hammermill for size reduction.

   • 1985, Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering, page 697:

     It is common practice to mount a creper directly above the hammermill (creper hammermill) to reduce the power requirements.

   • 2010, Hari P. Singh, Bharat P. Singh, “Natural Rubber”, in Industrial Crops and Uses, CABI, →ISBN, page 372:

     The coagulum is pressed between rollers to form crepes, mashed into small pieces by a hammer mill and finally into crumbs by an extruder. An alternative method of making crumb is to add incompatible oil to coagulated latex and then feed it through a creper for transformation into crumbs.

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; proposed derivations include:

• From a Proto-Indo-European root common to Albanian ngrys (“to have dinner, to darken”, verb).
• From a root common to Ancient Greek κνέφας (knéphas, “darkness”).
• From a root common to Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”) or Lithuanian krópti (“to steal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.per/, [ˈkrɛpɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkre.per/, [ˈkrɛːper]

Adjective

creper (feminine crepera, neuter creperum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. uncertain, doubtful, obscure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	creper	crepera	creperum		creperī	creperae	crepera
genitive	creperī	creperae	creperī		creperōrum	creperārum	creperōrum
dative	creperō	creperae	creperō		creperīs
accusative	creperum	creperam	creperum		creperōs	creperās	crepera
ablative	creperō	creperā	creperō		creperīs
vocative	creper	crepera	creperum		creperī	creperae	crepera

Derived terms

• creperum
• crepusculum

References

• “creper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• creper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• crepere, crepar

Etymology

From crepen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkreːpər(ə)/

Noun

creper (plural crepers) (rare)

1. A creeper or slitherer.
2. A device for securing ships; a small anchor.

Descendants

• English: creeper
• Scots: creeper

References

• “crẹ̄per, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.