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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1447, 1513
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Crisp(e, Crysp, a. [ME. crispe, cryspe, OE. crisp, L. crispus.]
1. Of hair or leaves: Curly, curling. a1400 Legends of the Saints ix. 49.
Ȝe sal hyme kene Be his hare, that is crispe and blak ?1438 Alex. ii. 7616.
Broun crisp hare on his heid he hade 1513 Doug. i. ix. 17.
Hys crysp harys war plesand on to se 1513 Ib. xii. Prol. 38.
Crysp haris, brycht as chrisolyte or topace 1513 Ib. 125.
Crysp scarlet levis
2. Of crape-like texture. (Cf. Crisp n. 1.) a1447 Bower Chron. II. 374.
For thi crisp kell, and fair hair, all bellit sal thou be
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