[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   2. curled with the ripple of the water. poetic
      1913 webster

            you nymphs called naiads, of the winding brooks . .
            .
            leave jour crisp channels.            --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short,
      sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
      1913 webster

            the cakes at tea ate short and crisp. --goldsmith.
      1913 webster

   4. possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in
      a fresh, unwilted condition.
      1913 webster

            it laurel has been plucked nine months, and yet
            looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety
            years.                                --leigh hunt.
      1913 webster

   5. lively; sparking; effervescing.
      1913 webster

            your neat crisp claret.               --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   6. brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
      1913 webster

            the snug, small room, and the crisp fire. --dickens.
      1913 webster
see also:
crape 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crisp \crisp\, v. i.
   to undulate or ripple. cf. crisp, v. t.
   1913 webster

         to watch the crisping ripples on the beach. --tennuson.
   1913 webster
see also:
crisp 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster crispate

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   2. to cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to
      wrinkle; to cause to ripple. cf. crimp.
      1913 webster

            the lover with the myrtle sprays
            adorns his crisped tresses.           --drayton.
      1913 webster

            along the crisped shades and bowers.  --milton.
      1913 webster

            the crisped brooks,
            rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold. --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. to make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.
      1913 webster

   crisping iron, an instrument by which hair or any textile
      fabric is crisped.

   crisping pin, the simplest form of crisping iron. --is.
      iii. 22.
      1913 webster
see also:
crisped crisping crisp crimp crisping iron crisping pin 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

crisp
     adj 1: of something seen or heard clearly defined; "a sharp
            photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the
            crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot" syn: sharp
     2: tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips" syn: crispy
     3: pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and
        frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day";
        "snappy weather"; `parky' is a british term syn: frosty,
         nipping, nippy, snappy, parky
     4: pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when
        chewed; "crisp carrot and celery sticks"; "a firm apple";
        "crunchy lettuce" syn: firm, crunchy
     5: in small tight curls syn: frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy
     6: brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp
        retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the
        laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to
        understand" syn: curt, laconic, terse
     n : a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat syn: chip,
          potato chip, saratoga chip
     v 1: make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "the dress
          got wrinkled" syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle,
           scrunch, scrunch up
     2: make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp
        potatoes" syn: toast
see also:
sharp crispy frosty nipping nippy snappy 
parky firm crunchy frizzly frizzy 
kinky nappy curt laconic terse 
chip potato chip saratoga chip wrinkle ruckle 
crease crinkle scrunch scrunch up toast 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

212 moby thesaurus words for "crisp":
   siberian, spartan, abbreviated, abridged, algid, aphoristic,
   aposiopestic, arctic, axiomatic, below zero, biting, bitter,
   bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, bracing, breakable, brief, brisk,
   brittle, brittle as glass, brumal, brusque, cheering, chip,
   clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut,
   clipped, close, coherent, coil, cold, cold as charity,
   cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, compact, compendious,
   compressed, concise, condensed, connected, consistent, contracted,
   cordial, crackable, crease, crimp, crinkly, crisped, crispy,
   crumbly, crump, crushable, crystal-clear, crystalline, curl,
   curled, curly, curt, cut, cutting, defined, definite, delicate,
   direct, distinct, docked, dog-ear, double, double over, elliptic,
   energizing, enfold, epigrammatic, exhilarating, explicit, express,
   fissile, flimsy, flounce, flute, fold, fold over, formulaic,
   formulistic, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, freezing,
   freezing cold, fresh, friable, frigid, frill, frizzed, frizzly,
   frizzy, gather, gelid, glacial, gnomic, hibernal, hiemal,
   hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, inclement,
   infold, ingoing, interfold, invigorating, keen, kink, kinked,
   kinky, lacerable, laconic, lap over, limpid, loud and clear, lucid,
   luminous, nipping, nippy, numbing, pellucid, penetrating,
   perspicuous, piercing, pinching, pithy, plain, plait, plat,
   platitudinous, pleat, plicate, ply, pointed, proverbial, provoking,
   pruned, pulverizable, pulverulent, pungent, quill, raw, refreshful,
   refreshing, regaling, reserved, rigorous, rousing, ruff, ruffle,
   scissile, sententious, severe, sharp, shatterable, shattery,
   shivery, short, short and sweet, shortened, simple, sleety, slushy,
   snappy, splintery, stimulating, stone-cold, straightforward,
   subzero, succinct, summary, supercooled, synopsized, taciturn,
   terse, tight, to the point, tonic, translucent, transparent,
   transpicuous, trenchant, triturable, truncated, tuck, turn over,
   twill, unambiguous, unconfused, unequivocal, univocal,
   unmistakable, vulnerable, well-defined, winterbound, winterlike,
   wintery, wintry, zestful, zesty

[7] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

crisp
     complex-reduced instruction set processor
     
     

[8] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

crisp
     
        or "discrete" the opposite of "fuzzy".
     
        1994-12-23
     
     
see also:
fuzzy 

[9] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

crisp
     
        a lisp-like language and compiler for the ibm 370
        written by jeff barnett of sdc, santa monica, ca, usa in the
        early 1970s.  it generalised lisp's two-part cons nodes to
        n-part nodes.
     
        1994-11-10
     
     
see also:
lisp compiler ibm 370 cons node 

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

crisp, nc
  zip codes: 27852

[11] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

crisp -- u.s. county in georgia
   population 2000:    21996
   housing units 2000: 9559
   land area 2000:     273.818336 sq. miles 709.186204 sq. km
   water area 2000:    7.378025 sq. miles 19.108995 sq. km
   total area 2000:    281.196361 sq. miles 728.295199 sq. km
   located within:       georgia ga, fips 13
   location:             31.935851 n, 83.767514 w
   headwords:
    crisp
    crisp, ga
    crisp county
    crisp county, ga

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