† Crisple. World English Historical Dictionary

† Crisple. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1893, rev. 2025. † Crisple

v. Obs. rare. [dim. of CRISP v.: see -LE.] To crisp, curl or undulate minutely; to ripple. So Crisple sb., a minute curl or undulation. Crispling vbl. sb. and ppl. a.

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1594.  Carew, Tasso (1881), 80. The winde new crisples makes in her loose haire, Which nature selfe to waues recrispelled.

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1604.  T. Wright, Passions, II. ii. 59. Or we may compare the Soule without Passions, to a calme Sea, with sweete, pleasant, and crispling streames. Ibid., V. § 2. 168. What hath the shaking or artificiall crispling of the aire (which is in effect the substance of musicke) to doe with rousing vp choler…?

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