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.
2. Curled with the ripple of the water.
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 has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years.
Leigh Hunt.
5. Lively; sparking; effervescing.
Your neat crisp claret.
Beau. & Fl.
6. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
The snug, small room, and the crisp fire.
Dickens.