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Webster 1913 Edition

Friable

Fri′a-ble

,

Adj.

[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.

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Fri’a-ble-ness

,

Noun.