单词 | crisped |
释义 | crispedadj. 1. Of hair: Closely and stiffly curled. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > curly crispc900 crullc1300 curledc1380 crispy1398 crispedc1400 encrispedc1420 lockeredc1440 locker?a1500 curly1774 tendrilled1806 kinky1844 ruffly1859 buckling1861 peppercorn1868 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 188 Þe mane of þat mayn hors..Wel cresped & cemmed. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 53 More blacke of skynne, more crispedde in heire. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 92 Those crisped snaky golden locks. View more context for this quotation 1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices i. 137 Cupids yonkers with their crisped, powdred, and perfumed lockes. 1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 99 [Hair] sometimes straight and flowing, at others considerably curled and crisped. 2. a. Having a surface curled into minute waves, folds or puckers. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [adjective] > ridged > having minute ridges crisp1398 crispy1594 crisped1603 crimped1676 cranked1699 crapy1853 crape-like1881 crêpy1892 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. B Canst drinke the waters of the Crisped spring. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings vii. 26 The leafe of a crisped lilie. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 87 Having three Auricles or crisped Angles. 1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 174 The wind that now did stir About the crisped oaks full drearily. 1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 123 A million crisped waves come forth. b. Said of a crinkled margin. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > margin or periphery > having a wavy margin sinuate1688 sinuated1727 crisp1753 repanded1753 repand1760 crisped1802 wavy1832 crispate1846 1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia II. viii. 119 [The liver] has its edges crisped till they bend forwards. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 276 Orobanche rubra..lobes of lip toothed and crisped. 1870 R. Bentley Man. Bot. (ed. 2) i. iii. 159 When the margin is very irregular being twisted and curled..it is said to be crisped or curled. 3. Made crisp or brittle; ‘short’ in texture; also in manner, style, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > crisp crisped1628 crisp1814 snappy1871 the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile > crisp crisp1530 crispy1611 cassant1725 crisped1769 snappish1833 crackly1859 crunchable1906 crunchy1929 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xx. sig. M Hee that reades the Fathers, shall finde them, as if written with a crisped pen. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper iv. 89 Garnish with crisped Parsley and fried Oysters. 1832 H. Martineau For Each & All ii. 26 Young ash plantations, miles long, with their shoots crisped and black. 4. Applied to trees: sense uncertain. ΚΠ 1637 J. Milton Comus 34 Along the crisped shades, and bowres. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Z The crisped Yew. Compounds crisped-leaved mallow n. the curled mallow, Malva verticillata var. crispa. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Malvaceae (mallows and allies) > [noun] hockc725 malloweOE crisp mallowa1300 altheaa1398 mawa1400 maula1425 alceac1440 malva1527 vervain mallow1548 cut mallow1565 dwarf mallow1578 curled mallow1620 musk1728 Sida1753 curled-leaved mallow1754 marshmallow1814 round dock1825 mallow wort1845 crisped-leaved mallow1846 Modiola1856 velvet-leaf1856 fairy cheeses1869 pancakes1882 frog cheese1886 musk plant1898 1846–50 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 207 M[alva] Crispa. Curled or Crisped-leaved Mallow. crisped mint n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > mint or wild mint minteOE minteOE horse-minta1300 crisp mint1578 fish-mint1578 brook mint1597 cross-mint1597 Mentha1731 corn-mint1796 crisped mint1829 1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica vi. 199 The most used of them are, the Crisped Mint, Mentha crispa, Lin.; the Green Mint, M. Viridis,..the Elegant Mint, M. gentilis, Lin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1400 |
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