- Brittle
- Delicate
- Easily shattered
- Father shortly to become ill, delicate and weak
- Feeble
- Fragile
- Of delicate health
- Brittle
- Crunchy
- Crunchy really; initially somewhat pithy
- Dry and brittle
- firm, brittle
- Fresh
- Fresh and crunchy
- A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman.
- A dirty woman; a slattern.
- A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for
splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.
- Brittle.
- A shot of spirits
- Abrupt (in manner)
- Brief
- Not long
- Of little length
- Of small stature
- strapped for cash