单词 | shattery |
释义 | shattery, a.|ˈʃætərɪ| [f. shatter v. + -y.] 1. Of rock, stone or soil: Apt to break in pieces or crumble, friable.
1728Woodward Fossils 7 A brittle Shattery sort of Spar. 1813Boys Agric. Kent 65 In loose shattery soils. 1884Nature 13 Nov. 34/2 The thin band of shattery quartzite. 2. Of furniture, etc.: Loose, rickety. dial.
1844Tupper Crock of Gold ii. 12 Each room has its shattery casement. 1854A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss. II. 221 The chairs are very shattery. 3. Shatter-brained, giddy. dial.
1820Wilbraham Cheshire Gloss. Hence ˈshatteryness.
1851–9Mallet in Man. Sci. Enq. 360 The degree of shatteryness or compactness of the rock formations. |

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