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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crisp \Crisp\, v. i. To undulate or ripple. Cf {Crisp}, v. t. To watch the crisping ripples on the beach. --Tennuson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crisp \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crisp \Crisp\ (kr?sp), a. [AS. crisp, fr L. crispus; cf carpere to pluck, card (wool), and E. harvest. Cf {Crape}.] 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. --Shak. 3. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as crisp snow. The cakes at tea ate short and crisp. --Goldsmith. 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. --Leigh Hunt. 5. Lively; sparking; effervescing. Your neat crisp claret. --Beau. & Fl 6. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively. The snug, small room and the crisp fire. --Dickens. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crisp adj 1: (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot" [syn: {sharp}] 2: tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips" [syn: {crispy}] 3: pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"; (`parky' is a British term) [syn: {frosty}, {nipping}, {nippy}, {snappy}, {parky}] 4: pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed; "crisp carrot and celery sticks"; "a firm apple"; "crunchy lettuce" [syn: {firm}, {crunchy}] 5: in small tight curls [syn: {frizzly}, {frizzy}, {kinky}, {nappy}] 6: brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand" [syn: {curt}, {laconic}, {terse}] n : a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat [syn: {chip}, {potato chip}, {Saratoga chip}] v 1: make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled" [syn: {wrinkle}, {ruckle}, {crease}, {crinkle}, {scrunch}, {scrunch up}] 2: make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread" [syn: {toast}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Crisp, NC Zip code(s): 27852 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: CRISP A {Lisp}-like language and {compiler} for the {IBM 370} written by Jeff Barnett of SDC, Santa Monica, CA USA in the early 1970s. It generalised {Lisp}'s two-part {cons node}s to n-part nodes. (1994-11-10) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: crisp (Or "discrete") The opposite of "{fuzzy}". (1994-12-23) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: CRISP Complex-Reduced Instruction Set Processor
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