v. Obs. or dial. In 5 kreme, kryme, 6 crym(me, 8 cream. [The form would be satisfied by an OE. *crymman:—*krumjan, f. cruma, CRUMB, sb., q.v.] trans. To crumble (bread, etc.); to scatter crumbs upon or into (a dish). b. intr. To crumble, fall to pieces.
c. 1430. Two Cookery-bks., 35. Take hard ȝolkys of Eyroun, & kryme a gode quantyte þer-to.
1530. Palsgr., 501/2. I crym breed into a dysshe … Thou haste eaten thy potage or I can crymme my dyssche.
1736. Pegge, Kenticisms, Cream,… to crumble. Hops, when they are too much dried, are said to cream, i.e. to crumble to pieces. ‘To cream one’s dish,’ to put the bread into it, in order to pour the milk upon it.
1880. in Parish & Shaw, Kentish Gloss. (? from Pegge).
