ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

327} brittleness &c adj.; fragility, friability, frangibility, fissibility † ; house of cards,
house of glass.
V. be brittle &c adj.; live in a glass house.
break, crack, snap, split, shiver, splinter, crumble, break short, burst, fly, give way; fall
to pieces; crumble to, crumble into dust.
Adj. brittle, brash [U.S.], breakable, weak, frangible, fragile, frail, gimcrack † , shivery,
fissile; splitting &c v.; lacerable † , splintery, crisp, crimp, short, brittle as glass.
329. [Structure.] Texture -- N. structure (form) 240, organization, anatomy, frame, mold,
fabric, construction; framework, carcass, architecture; stratification, cleavage.
substance, stuff, compages † , parenchyma [Biol.]; constitution, staple, organism.
[Science of structures] organography † , osteology, myology, splanchnology † ,
neurology, angiography † , adeology † ; angiography † , adenography † .
texture, surface texture; intertexture † , contexture † ; tissue, grain, web, surface; warp
and woof, warp and weft; tooth, nap &c (roughness) 256; flatness (smoothness) 255;
fineness of grain; coarseness of grain, dry goods.
silk, satin; muslin, burlap.
[Science of textures] histology.
Adj. structural, organic; anatomic, anatomical.
textural, textile; fine grained, coarse grained; fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy,
silky, satiny; coarse; homespun.
rough, gritty; smooth.
smooth as silk, smooth as satin.
330. Pulverulence -- N. powderiness † [State of powder.], pulverulence † ; sandiness &c
adj.; efflorescence; friability.
powder, dust, sand, shingle; sawdust; grit; meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore,
sporule † ; crumb, seed, grain; particle &c (smallness) 32; limature † , filings, debris,
detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs † , magistery † , fine powder; flocculi [Lat.].
smoke; cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke; puff of smoke, volume of
smoke; sand storm, dust storm.
[Reduction to powder] pulverization, comminution † , attenuation, granulation,
disintegration, subaction † , contusion, trituration [Chem], levigation † , abrasion, detrition,
multure † ; limitation; tripsis † ; filing &c v.. [Instruments for pulverization] mill, arrastra † ,
gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone,
kern † , quern † , koniology † .
V. come to dust; be disintegrated, be reduced to powder &c reduce to powder, grind to
powder; pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate, levigate † ; scrape, file, abrade, rub
down, grind, grate, rasp, pound, bray, bruise; contuse, contund † ; beat, crush, cranch † ,
craunch † , crunch, scranch † , crumble, disintegrate; attenuate &c 195.
Adj. powdery, pulverulent † , granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny † , furfuraceous † ,
flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous † , psammous † ; arenose † , arenarious † , arenaceous † ;
gritty, efflorescent, impalpable; lentiginous † , lepidote † , sabuline † ; sporaceous † , sporous † .
pulverizable; friable, crumbly, shivery; pulverized &c v.; attrite † ; in pieces.