Friable

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:46:43

Fri"a*ble (?), a.

[friabilis, fr. friare to rub, break, or crumble into small pieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray. cf. F. friable.) Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder.

"Friable ground." Evelyn.

"Soft and friable texture." Paley.
-- Fri'a-ble-ness, n.

 

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