Liable to break easily; fragile, brittle; crisp. In later use English regional (northern) and North American regional. Cf. brockle, adj., bruckle…

Liable to break or give way, not to be depended on, frail, brittle. literal and figurative.

Brittle, fragile.

Easily broken, fragile; frail.

Hard but liable to break easily; fragile, breakable; †friable (obsolete).

Liable to break or be broken; easily crushed or destroyed.

Liable to break, easily broken; fragile, brittle.

Capable of being broken, breakable.

That breaks or is liable to break; brittle.

Of a physical object or substance: hard but liable to break easily; brittle.

Fragile, brittle: used chiefly of timber.

Capable of being broken, frangible.

Wanting in solidity or firmness; slight; of a texture easily broken, fragile, frail.

figurative. Brittle or frail as glass. Obsolete.

? Fragile.

Liable to break, brittle, fragile. Cf. frush, adj. 1.

Liable to break or be broken; easily snapped or shattered; in looser sense, weak, perishable, easily destroyed. Also figurative.

Like a kex; dry and brittle; withered, sapless.

Brittle, crisp; frail, fragile. Cf. brickle, adj. 2 3.

Having cracks or fractures; prone to crack.

Pertaining to fraction or breakage; indicating liability to breakage or cleavage.

Liable to break; brittle, dry, fragile. Cf. frushy, adj.

Of a brittle or shivery character.

Capable of being cracked.

That may be snapped or broken.

Capable of being smashed.

Dry and brittle.