Crisp \Crisp\, v. i. To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t.

To watch the crisping ripples on the beach. --Tennuson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

2. Curled with the ripple of the water. [Poetic]

You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks . . . Leave jour crisp channels. --Shak.

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

The cakes at tea ate short and crisp. --Goldsmith.

4. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.

It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years. --Leigh Hunt.

5. Lively; sparking; effervescing.

Your neat crisp claret. --Beau. & Fl.

6. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.

The snug, small room, and the crisp fire. --Dickens.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

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. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)