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adjective

Crisp adj.

1.

Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

2.

Curled with the ripple of the water. (Poetic) "You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks... Leave jour crisp channels."

3.

Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow. "The cakes at tea ate short and crisp."

4.

Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition. "It (laurel) has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years."

5.

Lively; sparking; effervescing. "Your neat crisp claret."

6.

Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively. "The snug, small room, and the crisp fire."

noun

Crisp n. That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.

verb

Crisp v. t. (past & past part. crisped; pres. part. crisping)

1.

To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.

2.

To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp. "The lover with the myrtle sprays Adorns his crisped tresses." "Along the crisped shades and bowers." "The crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold."

3.

To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.

Crisping iron, an instrument by which hair or any textile fabric is crisped.

Crisping pin, the simplest form of crisping iron.

Crisp v. i. To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t. "To watch the crisping ripples on the beach."

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Etymology of 'Crisp'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crisp" Quotes from Famous Books

... The crisp air stirred the bright yellow leaves which clung lovingly to the birches, and a few dull red leaves still rustled upon the stout branches of the oaks, but many of the trees were bare, and under foot there lay a thick carpet ...

— Randy and Her Friends • Amy Brooks

... de han's was put right to work clearin' lan' and buildin' cabins. It was sure rich lan' den, boss, and dey jus' slashed de cane and deaden de timber and when cotton plantin' time come de cane was layin' dere on de groun' crisp dry and day sot fire to it and burned it off clean and den planted ...

— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Arkansas Narratives Part 3 • Works Projects Administration

... in life," said Charles, smiling, "But I fear me the bacon at yonder inn will be burnt to a crisp unless I hurry on my way; so draw at once; I have not time ...

— Marguerite De Roberval - A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier • T. G. Marquis

... took them to be rival mothers-in-law, and they could have taught Innocentina some choice new expressions valuable to test upon donkeys or other heretics; but they sent me a steaming bowl of excellent coffee, when I half expected poison; fried me a couple of eggs with crisp brown lace round the edges, and took for my benefit, from one of the shelves that lined the nursery wall, the newest of a hundred loaves of ...

— The Princess Passes • Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson

... battery. Behold the frost-work on the pane,—the wild, fantastic limnings and etchings! can there be any doubt but this subtle agent has been here? Where is it not? It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it. When I come in at night after an all-day tramp I am charged like a Leyden jar; my hair crackles and snaps beneath the comb like a cat's back, and a strange, new glow diffuses ...

— Winter Sunshine • John Burroughs

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