Is. iii. 22.
Crisp
(Crisp), v. i. To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t.
To watch the crisping ripples on the beach.
Tennuson.
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.
Crispate
(Cris"pate Cris"pa*ted) (-p?- t?d), a. [L. crispatus, p. p. of crispare.] Having a crisped appearance; irregularly
curled or twisted.
Crispation
(Cris*pa"tion) n. [CF. F. crispation.]
1. The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled. Bacon.
2. A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal.
Few men can look down from a great height without creepings and crispations.
O. W. Holmes.
Crispature
(Cris"pa*ture) n. The state of being crispate.
Crisper
(Crisp"er) n. One who, or that which, crisps or curls; an instrument for making little curls in the
nap of cloth, as in chinchilla.
Crispin
(Cris"pin) n.
1. A shoemaker; — jocularly so called from the patron saint of the craft.
2. A member of a union or association of shoemakers.
Crisply
(Crisp"ly) adv. In a crisp manner.
Crispness
(Crisp"ness), n. The state or quality of being crisp.
Crispy
(Crisp"y) a.
1. Formed into short, close ringlets; frizzed; crisp; as, crispy locks.
2. Crisp; brittle; as, a crispy pie crust.
Crissal
(Cris"sal) a. (Zoöl.)
1. Pertaining to the crissum; as, crissal feathers.
2. Having highly colored under tail coverts; as, the crissal thrasher.
Crisscross
(Criss"cross`) n. [A corruption of Christcross.]
1. A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
2. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.
Crisscross
(Criss"cross`), v. t. To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red
marks.
Crisscross
(Criss"cross`) adv.
