brickle

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

brickle
    adj 1: having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or
           fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is
           brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn:
           {brittle}, {brickle}, {brickly}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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