†(a) Crumb-like; in crumbs. (b) That crumbles easily; having a tendency to crumble; friable.

Capable of being easily crumbled or reduced to powder; pulverizable, crumbly.

Crumbly, friable. Obsolete.

Of soil: crumbly, friable.

gen. Wanting in tenacity; friable, brittle. Phrase, to work short: to break or crumble when being worked. Of metals: cf. cold-short, adj., red-short…

That can be crushed or ground; friable. Cf. bruise, v. 3. Obsolete.

Easily disintegrated into powder; friable.

Of the nature of brash; broken, crumbly, fragmentary.

Chiefly Geology. Tending to crumble to powder; friable, crumbly.

Of the nature of or consisting of powder; †caused by the explosion of gunpowder (obsolete). Also in extended use.