6. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.

The snug, small room, and the crisp fire.

Dickens.

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.

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