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crackable, a.|ˈkrækəb(ə)l| [f. crack v. + -able.] Capable of being cracked.
1862Guardian 16 Apr. 1 The fort which can mount the hugest ordnance, and can be so constructed as not to be crackable. 1873R. Broughton Nancy I. 221 Most of them of a brittle crackable nature. b. as n. (in pl.) Things that can be cracked. (nonce-use, after eatables, etc.).
1841J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 100 Fond o' breaking crackables. Hence crackaˈbility, quality of being crackable.
1810W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 344 The crackability, which is here made the characteristic of this sort of nut. |