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.
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   2. Curled with the ripple of the water. [Poetic]
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            You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks . .
            .
            Leave jour crisp channels.            --Shak.
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   3. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short,
      sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
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            The cakes at tea ate short and crisp. --Goldsmith.
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   4. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in
      a fresh, unwilted condition.
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            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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   5. Lively; sparking; effervescing.
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            Your neat crisp claret.               --Beau. & Fl.
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   6. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
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            The snug, small room, and the crisp fire. --Dickens.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Crisp \Crisp\, v. i.
   To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t.
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         To watch the crisping ripples on the beach. --Tennuson.
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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.
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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.
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   2. To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to
      wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp.
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            The lover with the myrtle sprays
            Adorns his crisped tresses.           --Drayton.
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            Along the crisped shades and bowers.  --Milton.
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            The crisped brooks,
            Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold. --Milton.
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   3. To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.
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   Crisping iron, an instrument by which hair or any textile
      fabric is crisped.

   Crisping pin, the simplest form of crisping iron. --Is.
      iii. 22.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: crisp,
           sharp]
    2: tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips" [syn: crisp,
       crispy]
    3: pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and
       frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day";
       "snappy weather" [syn: crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy,
       snappy]
    4: pleasingly firm and fresh; "crisp lettuce"
    5: (of hair) in small tight curls [syn: crisp, 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: crisp, curt, laconic, terse]
    n 1: a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat [syn:
         chip, crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip]
    v 1: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a
         pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got
         wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
         [syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch,
         scrunch up, crisp]
    2: make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp
       potatoes" [syn: crispen, toast, crisp]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

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)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

crisp

   (Or "discrete") The opposite of "fuzzy".

   (1994-12-23)