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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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"Crisp" Quotes from Famous Books

... the average capacity of the two hare-skulls (Nos. 23, 24) is so much larger than the average capacity of the seven lop-eared skulls, that the latter would have to be increased 21 per cent to come up to the standard of the hare. (4/23. This standard is apparently considerably too low, for Dr. Crisp ('Proc. Zoolog. Soc.' 1861 page 86) gives 210 grains as the actual weight of the brain of a hare which weighed 7 pounds, and 125 grains as the weight of the brain of a rabbit which weighed 3 pounds 5 ounces, that is, the same weight as the rabbit ...

— The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication - Volume I • Charles Darwin

... this cab's making such a row. I say, cabby, why don't you sign the pledge, and save your money up to buy a new cab? Eh? Oh, sorry! I wasn't listening.' Now, inasmuch as the whole virtue of the 'wretched-little-kid-like-you' argument lies in the crisp despatch with which it is delivered, Gethryn began to find, on repeating his observation for the third time, that there was not quite so much in it as he had thought. He prudently elected to change his style ...

— A Prefect's Uncle • P. G. Wodehouse

... a salad should be of the freshest material, the vegetables crisp and fresh, the oil or butter the very best, meats, fowl and fish well cooked, pure cider or white wine vinegar—in fact, every ingredient ...

— The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) - The Whole Comprising A Comprehensive Cyclopedia Of Information For - The Home • Mrs. F.L. Gillette

... now that the morning shone upon him she could not keep from looking at him. His fresh color, which no wind and weather could quite subdue, his gray-blue eyes with that mixture of thoughtfulness and reverence and daring, his crisp, brown curls glinting with gold in the sunlight—all made him good to look upon. There was something about the firm set of his lips and chin that made her feel a hidden strength ...

— A Voice in the Wilderness • Grace Livingston Hill

... well she knew her own perfection. She was a small elegantly made old woman, with a face from which the glow of her youth had not departed without leaving some streaks of a roseate hue. She was proud of her colour, proud of her grey hair which she wore in short crisp curls peering out all around her face from the dainty white cap. To think of all the money that she spent in lace used to break the heart of poor Mrs Quiverful with her seven daughters. She was proud of her teeth, which were still white and numerous, proud of her bright cheery ...

— Barchester Towers • Anthony Trollope

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