Definition of Friale
Fri"a*ble (?), a. [L. 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
English
- Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
*1977: Spiders had woven their vague trapezes between the friable heads of dead peonies in enormous glass jars streaked with tide marks where the water had evaporated long ago. — Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve
- (of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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