BRICKLE - Definition

Pronunciation:		'brikul
WordNet Dictionary

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

	Synonyms:	breakable, brickly, brittle


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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