Part 2630

<blockquote>The league deprived of its principal supports must soon <b>crumble</b> to pieces. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crumbly</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crum"bly</hw> <tt>(-bl?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>EAsily crumbled; friable; brittle.</def> "The <i>crumbly</i> soil."

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

<h1>Crumenal</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Cru"me*nal</hw> <tt>(kr?"m?-n<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crumena</ets> purse.]</ety> <def>A purse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Crummable</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crum"ma*ble</hw> <tt>(kr?m"mA-b'l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces.</def>

<h1>Crummy</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crum"my</hw> <tt>(kr?m"m?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of crumb or crumbs.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Soft, as the crumb of bread is; not crusty.</def>

<h1>Crump</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crump</hw> <tt>(kr?mp)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>crumb</ets> stooping, bent down; akin to OHG. <ets>chrumb</ets>, G. <ets>krumm</ets>, Dan. <ets>krum</ets>, D. <ets>krom</ets>, and E. <ets>cramp</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Crooked; bent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Crooked backs and <b>crump</b> shoulders. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hard or crusty; dry baked; <as>as, a <ex>crump</ex> loaf</as>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<i>Hallivell.</i>

<h1>Crumpet</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crump"et</hw> <tt>(kr?mp"?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from W. <ets>crempog</ets>, <ets>crammwgth</ets>, a pancake or fritter.]</ety> <def>A kind of large. thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.</def>

<h1>Crumple</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crum"ple</hw> <tt>(kr?m"p'l)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp & p. p.</tt> <er>Crumpled</er> <tt>(-p'ld)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crumpling</er> <tt>(-pl?ng)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Dim. fr. <ets>crump</ets>, <ets>a.</ets>]</ety> <def>To draw or press into wrinkles or folds to crush together; to rumple; <as>as, to <ex>crumple</ex> paper</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They <b>crumpled</b> it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crumple</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crum"ple</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To contract irregularly; to show wrinkless after being crushed together; <as>as, leaves <ex>crumple</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Crumpy</h1> <Xpage=351>

<hw>Crump"y</hw> <tt>(kr?mp"Y)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Brittle; crisp.</def>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Crunch</h1> <Xpage=351>