v. Obs. rare. [dim. of CRISP v.: see -LE.] To crisp, curl or undulate minutely; to ripple. So Crisple sb., a minute curl or undulation. Crispling vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1594. Carew, Tasso (1881), 80. The winde new crisples makes in her loose haire, Which nature selfe to waues recrispelled.
1604. T. Wright, Passions, II. ii. 59. Or we may compare the Soule without Passions, to a calme Sea, with sweete, pleasant, and crispling streames. Ibid., V. § 2. 168. What hath the shaking or artificiall crispling of the aire (which is in effect the substance of musicke) to doe with rousing vp choler…?
