单词 | crumble |
释义 | crumblen. 1. A small or tiny crumb of anything friable; a particle of dust, etc. Obsolete or dialect. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [noun] > loose texture > lack of cohesion > quality of being friable or crumbly > particle(s) of crumble1577 crumbling1660 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 146v They so shake the milke, as they seuer the thinnest part of from the thicke, which at the fyrst gather together in little crombles. 1646 J. Mayne Serm. Unity 26 This diversity of Tongues at first broke the world into the severall crumbles and portions of men. 1703 in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1704) 24 1552 The Powder or Crumbles of 'em is what we call Bik-stone. 1820 J. Clare Poems Rural Life 43 Thou shalt eat of the crumbles of bread to thy fill. 2. a. Crumbling substance; anything of crumbling consistency; fine debris. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [noun] > loose texture > lack of cohesion > quality of being friable or crumbly > substance crumble1860 1860 N. Hawthorne Transformation III. xii. 187 She had trodden lightly over the crumble of old crimes. 1883 R. Jefferies Story Heart i. 5 The crumble of dry chalky earth I took up and let fall through my fingers. b. Cookery. Food, such as bread or a mixture of flour and fat, in the form of crumbs; a dish made from such crumbs together with fruit, esp. apple crumble. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared fruit and dishes > [noun] > apple dishes apple-moyse1381 apple frittera1475 hot codlings?1610 flapjack1620 baked apple1621 apple pudding1708 black cap1710 pan pie1723 flap-apple1750 charlotte1796 hop-about1820 biffin1822 apple dowdy1823 pandowdy1833 apple charlotte1842 apple snow1846 apple strudel1850 apple hogling1880 apple amber1889 cob1898 apple crumble1947 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared fruit and dishes > [noun] > other fruit dishes figee1381 garnadec1440 gayledea1450 strawberry cream1523 strawberry shortcake1523 amber pudding1695 fufu1740 tum tum1790 poi1798 fig-cake1837 compote1845 ambrosia1867 summer pudding1875 schalet1884 charoset1885 angels' food1891 stuffed olive1897 chartreuse1900 crisp1916 guacamole1920 fruit cocktail1922 pimiento olive1925 fruit cup1931 crumble1947 matoke1959 turon1972 guac1983 bumbleberry1991 1947 M. Given Mod. Encycl. Cooking I. 727 Apple crumble. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 589/1 Canadian or ‘crumble’ topping for pies. 1958 J. Hawthorne Myst. Blue Tomatoes xiv. 92 For ‘afters’ to-day she made them all an apple crumble. 1958 J. Hawthorne Myst. Blue Tomatoes xiv. 92 Her crumbles were delicious. 1958 Listener 12 June 995/1 Rhubarb crumble pudding... Rhubarb crumble. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). crumblev. 1. a. transitive. To break down into small crumbs; to reduce to crumbs or small fragments. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > crumble crumbc1430 offe?1440 undurec1440 crima1450 crumblea1475 murla1525 mool1595 shatter1891 a1475 [implied in: Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 36 Kremelyd sewet of schepe. (at crumbled adj.)]. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Lii/2 To Crimble, comminuere. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. vi. xliii. 120 Commaunded him to crimble or soke it. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 7 Bread must be distributed, not crumbled. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ix. 80 You may crumble White Bread instead of Biskets. 1853 J. Phillips Rivers, Mountains, & Sea-coast Yorks. i. 8 Moisture softens and crumbles the shale. b. To strew or scatter as crumbs. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] to-shedc888 skairc1175 skaila1400 disparklec1449 scatter?c1450 spartlec1475 sprattlea1500 distribute?c1510 disperge1530 shudderc1540 crumble1547 pour1574 sperse1580 disject1581 spatter1582 distract1589 sparflec1600 esparse1625 fan1639 disperse1654 sparge1786 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. xlviii Crymble them into a pynt of reed wyne. 1803 Jrnl. Excurs. Swiss Landscapes While cabins, single or in clusters, have been crumbled over it. c. figurative. Π 1632 G. Herbert Church Porch xii O crumble not away thy souls fair heap. 1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant (1735) 81 You are crumbled into a thousand Sects. 1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 43 To avoid frittering and crumbling down the attention. 1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. ii. 75 Sufficient..to crumble the mythical theory of miracles into the dust. 2. intransitive. To fall asunder in small crumbs or particles; to become pulverized. ΘΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > crumble grushc1420 crumb1546 crumble1577 shalder1577 murl1600 slack1700 shatter1733 fall1743 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1773/2 Bulwarkes, whereof the filling..did crimble away. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 32 The bread is very drye, and croombleth lyke Sand or Asshes. 1602 Bp. M. Smith Learned Serm. Worcester 39 Shal it not breake, & crumble betweene your fingers? 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata Introd. 2 Marbles with their deepest Inscriptions crumble away. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 256 Their [stones'] edges crimble off. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 224 The earth crumbled under our horses' feet. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire viii. 149 Ready to crumble at a touch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1577v.a1475 |
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