CRACK, CRACKED, CRACKING
ADJECTIVES
► ASLAT cracked, split; said of an earthen vessel, piece of furniture, etc.→ 1790 Eng. dial.
► CRACK-RACK describing a succession of cracks → 1582 obs.
► CRAZED broken, cracked; flawed, damaged → 1400 obs.
► CRAZY full of cracks or flaws; damaged, impaired, unsound; liable to break or fall to pieces; frail → 1583
NOUNS
► BRACK a break, crack, or flaw → 1871 Amer. dial.
► CHOP a crack in the hands or face → 1899 Amer. dial.
► CRASURE a breaking or cracking, fracture → 1413 obs.
► CRAZE a crack, cleft, flaw → 1587 obs.
► CREPATURE a wound, crack, or chap in the skin → 1582 obs.
► CRICK-CRACK a noise of cracking; a representation of a repeated sharp sound → 1565-73
► FAULT a crack, a flaw; an unsound or damaged place → 1514 obs.
► GAIG ► GEG a crack in the hands; a deep cut or wound → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► HACK a crack or chap in the skin, generally caused by exposure to cold, wet, or frost → 1808 Sc.
► KEEN a small crack on the fingers caused by frost or cold → 1959 Sc.
► OPEMENT a crack, an opening → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCAM a crack, a spot, a blemish, an injury, an abrasion → 1866 Sc.
► SCORE a crack, crevice, fissure → 1825 Sc.
► TACK a crack; a tap; the sound of a smart stroke; a tap → 1821 Sc.
► YACK a cracking or snapping sound → 1861
VERBS
► CRACKLE to crack and break off in small pieces → 1735 obs.
► CRICK-CRACK to emit a repeated sharp cracking sound → 1850
► GAIG to crack, to break into chinks in consequence of heat → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GAPE to crack, to split, to part asunder → 1577
► GEG to crack, in consequence of heat or drought → 1825 Sc. obs.
► HACK to crack, to chap; to make or become rough; said of skin → c1779 Sc.
► HAPPEN to make a cracking sound → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JAIL to crack; to spill → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAG to crack or split; used esp. of wood → 1856 Eng. dial.
► LEAP to crack, to burst → 1477 obs.
► NICKER to crack, to clatter, to make a clicking sound, to creak → 1931 Sc.
► RAIRD to make a cracking sound; to make a loud noise → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► RANE to cause to crack or split; to crack, to split → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► REESHLE to make a cracking, clattering sound → 1826 Sc.
► SCAM to crack, to injure; to spoil, to damage, to harm in some way → 1866 Sc.
► TING to crack, to split → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TO-CRACK to crack to pieces, to shatter → a1300 obs.
► YACK to crack, to snap, to make a snapping sound → 1873