BRITTLE
ADJECTIVES
1275 ► FROUGH → FROW liable to break or give way; frail, brittle → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1468 ► BRICKLE brittle; fragile; liable to break, easily broken → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1587 ► CRIMP firm in structure, but yielding to pressure; brittle; crisp → obs.
1610 ► FRUSHY liable to break, brittle, fragile → obs.
1611 ► CRISPY brittle
1725 ► CASSANT brittle; friable → obs.
1731 ► SMOPPLE brittle, crisp, crumbling, as ‘smopple’ wood, or a ‘smopple’ pie crust → Eng. dial.
1788 ► HASK brittle and difficult to work with; stiff, unyielding; brittle and difficult to work → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1802 ► FRUSH liable to break, brittle, fragile → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1834 ► EGG-SHELL very brittle or weak
1837 ► BRICKLY brittle; easily broken; crisp → Amer. dial.
1865 ► NEPPY brittle; crisp → Eng. dial.
1898 ► BIRTLE brittle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► NASHY → NESH → NESHY brittle, easily broken → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TART brittle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1929 ► BRASHY brittle → Amer. dial.
1965 ► CHALKY brittle; easily broken → Amer. dial.
1967 ► BRITTLY brittle, easily broken → Amer. dial.
1969 ► BRICKLE AS A PIE CRUST brittle, easily broken → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1815 ► CRISP to make crisp or brittle
1936 ► BRICKLE to flake or peel because of brittleness → Amer. dial.
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