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.
      
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   2. Curled with the ripple of the water. [Poetic]
      
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            You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks . .
            .
            Leave jour crisp channels.            --Shak.
      
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   3. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short,
      sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
      
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            The cakes at tea ate short and crisp. --Goldsmith.
      
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   4. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in
      a fresh, unwilted condition.
      
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            It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet
            looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety
            years.                                --Leigh Hunt.
      
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   5. Lively; sparking; effervescing.
      
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            Your neat crisp claret.               --Beau. & Fl.
      
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   6. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
      
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            The snug, small room, and the crisp fire. --Dickens.
      
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Crisp \Crisp\, v. i.
   To undulate or ripple. Cf. {Crisp}, v. t.
   
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         To watch the crisping ripples on the beach. --Tennuson.
   
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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.
   
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 Crispate

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.
      
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   2. To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to
      wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. {Crimp}.
      
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            The lover with the myrtle sprays
            Adorns his crisped tresses.           --Drayton.
      
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            Along the crisped shades and bowers.  --Milton.
      
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            The crisped brooks,
            Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold. --Milton.
      
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   3. To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.
      
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   {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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