Crizzle

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To shrivel, wrinkle, or become dry and crisp, typically from exposure to heat or fire
2. Describing the act of curling up and drying out so that a surface becomes brittle and crinkled
3. To contract and harden into a wrinkled, crisp state, as leaves or skin often do when scorched

Etymology: A crizzle is a network of fine cracks that forms on the surface of glass, glaze, or old varnish, and the word is mostly known to potters, conservators, and collectors. Its origin is uncertain. It is most likely connected to older English and Scots words such as "crisle" or "crisp," meaning to curl, wrinkle, or crackle, and it appears to be a dialect or technical form rather than a learned borrowing from Latin or Greek. Standard dictionaries record it with relatively little early evidence, so the exact route from those older words to the modern sense cannot be traced with confidence.

Synonyms: crackle, crinkle