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He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints,

And crumble all thy sinews.

Milton.

Crum"ble, v. i. To fall into
small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to
fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to
perish.

If the stone is brittle, it will crumble
and pass into the form of gravel.

Arbuthnot.

The league deprived of its principal supports must
soon crumble to pieces.

Prescott.

Crum"bly (-bl?), a. Easily
crumbled; friable; brittle. "The crumbly soil."
Hawthorne.

Cru"me*nal (kr?"m?-nal), n.
[L. crumena purse.] A purse. [Obs.] Dr. H.
More.

Crum"ma*ble (krŭm"m&adot;*b'l),
a. Capable of being crumbed or broken into
small pieces.

Crum"my (krŭm"m&ybreve;), a.


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