CRISP (2)

crisp (2)|crispy. Crisp, or Crispy, a. curled, brittle, short

---

Crisp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crisped (kr?spt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crisping.] [[L. crispare, fr. crispus. See Crisp. a. ]] 1. 1. To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.
2. 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. 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.