Brickle

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brickle \Bric"kle\, a. [OE. brekil, brokel, bruchel, fr. AS.
     brecan, E. break. Cf. {Brittle}.]
     Brittle; easily broken. [Obs. or Prov.] --Spenser.
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           As stubborn steel excels the brickle glass.


                                                    --Turbervile.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brickle
       adj : having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured
             or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle";
             "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn: {brittle},
              {brickly}]