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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crisp \Crisp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crisped} (kr?spt); p. pr &
vb n. {Crisping}.] [L. crispare, fr crispus. See {Crisp}.
a. ]
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. --Drayton.
Along the crisped shades and bowers. --Milton.
The crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and
sands of gold. --Milton.
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. --Is.
iii. 22.
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