CRUMBLE, CRUMBLED, CRUMBLING, CRUMBLY
ADJECTIVES
► CRUMBLABLE able to be crumbled; friable → 1611 obs.
► CRUMMABLE able to be crumbled; friable → 1611
► MUMBLY having a crumbly or soft, sticky consistency → 1847 orig. Eng. dial.
► SMOPPLE crumbling, brittle, crisp, as ‘smopple’ wood, or a ‘smopple’ pie crust → 1731 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► CRUMBLEMENT a crumbling; a crumbled condition → 1868
VERBS
► CHUMBLE to crumble into very small fragments → 1888 (Bk.)
► CRIM to crumble, to fall to pieces → 1736 Eng. dial.
► MAMMOCK to crumble; to break or cut into pieces; to tear; to shred; to mangle; to carve awkwardly → 1520 Eng. dial.
► MEISLE to crumble up in eating → 1824 Sc.
► MITER to crumble to dust; to waste; to wear away gradually through the effect of time and weather → 1859 Eng. dial.
► MOMBLE to jumble together; to ravel, to tangle; to wrinkle, to crumple; to crumble; to mess; to bungle; to do anything in a clumsy way → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOMMOCK ► MUMMOCK to crumble; to tear; to mangle; to carve awkwardly → 1853 Eng. dial.
► MURL 1. to cause to crumble or decay → a1525 Sc.
2. to crumble, to break easily into crumbs → 1600 Sc.
► MUSH to crumble, to crush, to pulverize; to mash or reduce to a pulp → 1781
► MYE to crumble or grate bread, etc.→ 1381 obs.
► OFFE to crumble; to break into bits → c1420 obs.
► SUFFRIATE to crumble bread → 1623 obs.
► THRIMBLE to crumble bread between the fingers → 1854 Eng. dial.