encrisped

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English

Etymology

en- +‎ crisp +‎ -ed

Adjective

encrisped (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) curled
    • (Can we date this quote by Skelton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      With heares encrisped yolowe as the golde lamentynge Daphnes.
  2. (obsolete) encrusted
    Where the lank boar is seen to yawn / His hungered fangs encrisped with gore.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for encrisped”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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