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noun. The act of crisping or curling.

noun. The state of being crisped or curled.

noun. A slight involuntary muscular contraction, often producing a crawling sensation of the skin.

noun. The act of curling, or the state of being curled or wrinkled.

noun. In surgery, a slight morbid or natural contraction of any part, as that of the minute arteries of a cut wound when they retract. Mayne.

noun. A minute wave produced on the surface of a liquid by the vibrations of the supporting vessel, as when a moistened finger is moved around the rim of a glass, or when a glass plate covered by a thin layer of water is set in vibration by a bow.

noun. The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled.

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

noun. The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled.

noun. A slight twitch of a muscle.

"Those people have been suffering for so long from a state of crispation at all levels (politically, economically, intellectually and culturally)."