Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold, To indent to run in and out.įrom that saphine fount the crisped brooks, The hasty application of spirits of wine is not only unfit for inflammations in general, but also crisps up the vessels of the dura mater and brain, and sometimes produces a gangrene. Severn, affrighted with their bloody looks,Īnd hid his crisp’d head in the hollow bank. In frosty weather, musick within doors soundeth better which may be by reason not of the disposition of the air, but of the wood or string of the instrument, which is made more crisp, and so more porous and hollow.Įtymology: crispo, Latin. Leave your crisp channels, and on this green land With your sedg’d crowns, and ever harmless looks, You nymphs, call’d Naiads, of the winding brooks, The Ethiopian black, flat nosed, and crisp haired. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:īulls are more crisp on the forehead than cows. "The dress got wrinkled" "crease the paper like this to make a crane" Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in Wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp verb "a crisp retort" "a response so curt as to be almost rude" "the laconic reply `yes'" "short and terse and easy to understand" "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings" "a nipping wind" "a nippy fall day" "snappy weather"Ĭrisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy adjectiveīrief and to the point effectively cut short
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"a sharp photographic image" "the sharp crack of a twig" "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"Ĭrisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy adjective (of something seen or heard) clearly defined Princeton's WordNet (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition:Ĭhip, crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip adjectiveĪ thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
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