Crispation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crispation \Cris*pa"tion\ (kr?s-p?"sh?n), n. [CF. F.
     crispation.]
     1. The act or process of curling, or the state of being
        curled. --Bacon.
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     2. A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of
        certain muscles, external or internal.
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              Few men can look down from a great height without
              creepings and crispations.            --O. W.
                                                    Holmes.
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