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Gnide :: Gnide (v. t.) To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces.

Ruption :: Ruption (n.) A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.

Short :: Short (superl.) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry..

Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..

Cobwork :: Cobwork (a.) Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater..

Abruption :: Abruption (n.) A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.

Dismember :: Dismember (v. t.) To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.

Disruptive :: Disruptive (a.) Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery..

Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt..

Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin..

Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal..

Barleybreak :: Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal..

Crumble :: Crumble (v. t.) To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

Pistillation :: Pistillation (n.) The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation.

Breach :: Breach (n.) A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.

Contuse :: Contuse (v. t.) To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin.

Strand :: Strand (v. t.) To break a strand of (a rope).

Emeute :: Emeute (n.) A seditious tumult; an outbreak.

Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart..

Falsify :: Falsify (a.) To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word..

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