Crisping pins

Crisping pins

Money bags or purses, highly ornamented.

The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the CRISPING PINS. ( Isaiah 3:22 )

Source: A King James Dictionary. (Used with permission. Copyright © Philip P. Kapusta)

Bibliography Information

"Entry for 'Crisping pins'". A King James Dictionary.
Crisping pins. [N]

( Isaiah 3:22 ) The original word means some kind of female ornament, probably a reticule or richly ornamented purse, often made of silk inwrought with gold or silver.


[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Crisping pins'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.