Meaning
CRISP, a. [L. G. See The Verb.]
1. Curled; formed into curls or ringlets.
2. Indented; winding; as crisp channels.
3. Brittle; friable; easily broken or crumbled.
CRISP, v.t. [L.]
1. To curl; to twist; to contract or form into ringlets, as the hair; to wreathe or interweave, as the branches of trees.
2. To indent. To twist or eddy. but the sense is, to curl; to wrinkle in little undulations, as a fretted surface.
From that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold, ran nectar, visiting each plant.
