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Meaning of BRICKLE

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"
 

BRICKLE is a 7 letter word that starts with B.

 

 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.

 

 

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