Definition of crisp

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Crisp (a.) To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp..

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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..
Carrigeen :: Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Curled with the ripple of the water.
Crispation :: Crispation (n.) The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled..
Crisping :: Crisping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cris.
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees..
Crispy :: Crispy (a.) Crisp; brittle; as, a crispy pie crust..
Crisply :: Crisply (adv.) In a crisp manner.
Rumicin :: Rumicin (n.) A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid.
Short :: Short (superl.) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry..
Wool :: Wool (n.) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled..
Frush :: Frush (a.) Easily broken; brittle; crisp.
Crispin :: Crispin (n.) A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from the patron saint of the craft.
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc..
Frizzy :: Frizzy (a.) Curled or crisped; as, frizzly, hair..
Wool :: Wool (n.) The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow..
Negro :: Negro (n.) A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found..
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