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2. A very slight convulsive or spasmodic
contraction of certain muscles, external or internal.

Few men can look down from a great height without
creepings and crispations.

O. W. Holmes.

Cris"pa*ture (kr?s"p?-t?r; 135), n.
The state of being crispate.

Crisp"er (kr?s"p?r), n. One
who, or that which, crisps or curls; an instrument for making
little curls in the nap of cloth, as in chinchilla.

Cris"pin (kr?s"p?n), n.
1. A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from
the patron saint of the craft.

2. A member of a union or association of
shoemakers.

Crisp"ly (kr?sp"l?), adv. In a
crisp manner.

Crisp"ness, n. The state or
quality of being crisp.

Crisp"y (-?), a. 1.
Formed into short, close ringlets; frizzed; crisp; as,
crispy locks.

2. Crisp; brittle; as, a crispy
pie crust.


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