To become brittle.
A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact.
Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.