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- verb Present participle of
crisp .
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Examples
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I love the idea of crisping the chicken in the oven.
Recipe of the Day: Soy-Poached Roast Chicken - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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This key point led to my "hands-off" dog days of summer lawn care philosophy and the annual "crisping" of the lawn by about the Fourth of July.
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He rolled it carefully, the delicate rice paper crisping in his hand without a tremor; but all the while a red tide mounting up from beneath the collar of his shirt, deepening in the hollows of the cheeks and thinning against the cheekbones above, creeping, spreading, till all his face was aflame.
CHAPTER 19 2010
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You don't have to, but I also like lightly crisping up the side edges by standing up my pieces in the pan and cooking them a few minutes.
The Taming of the 'Fu Sarah 2009
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It involves crisping tortillas in a little oil or butter, adding cheese (Oaxaca or Chihuahua for me) while the tortillas are still foldable, then continuing to cook folded until the cheese melts and the outside is golden.
Taco vs. Taquito 2009
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Next came another dark strip of wind, and behind that the lagoon was all crisping, boiling whiteness.
THE PEARLS OF PARLAY 2010
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It involves crisping tortillas in a little oil or butter, adding cheese (Oaxaca or Chihuahua for me) while the tortillas are still foldable, then continuing to cook folded until the cheese melts and the outside is golden.
Taco vs. Taquito 2009
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You don't have to, but I also like lightly crisping up the side edges by standing up my pieces in the pan and cooking them a few minutes.
Archive 2009-06-01 Sarah 2009
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It involves crisping tortillas in a little oil or butter, adding cheese (Oaxaca or Chihuahua for me) while the tortillas are still foldable, then continuing to cook folded until the cheese melts and the outside is golden.
Taco vs. Taquito 2009
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The storage jars gleamed for six months from their high shelves, as the contents slowly matured, the exterior of each fruit crisping and the interior becoming mushy, divinely spreadable on toast.
Family life 2011
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