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.

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