"Brittleness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a thing of glass; But her brittleness 'tis best Not too curiously to test: Who knows what may ...
— Don Quixote • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
... jagged appearance. It is merely a question of degree, and, in a sword to be used for ordinary cutting and thrusting, you want to secure hardness sufficient to produce a good edge and an instant return to its former shape after any reasonable bending, and you want to avoid anything like brittleness or liability to snap. If the disposition of the molecules is such as to give too great hardness, the blade, though capable of taking a fine edge, will probably snap, or the edge will crack and shiver on meeting any hard obstacle. For example, ...
— Broad-Sword and Single-Stick • R. G. Allanson-Winn
... exceedingly thin, and inclined to be easily wounded, and where the hoof, by its brittleness, has become chipped and ragged at the lower margin of the wall, it may perhaps be more advantageous to use, in place of the compress of tow, the huflederkitt of Rotten. This is a leather-like, dark brown paste. When warmed in hot water, or by itself, ...
— Diseases of the Horse's Foot • Harry Caulton Reeks |
