Sc. and north. [A parallel form of CRIMP a. 1; having app. associations with CRUMP v.2, and with CRUMPLE. Cf. CRAMP sb.1] Brittle or friable under the teeth, easily ‘crumped.’
1787. Burns, Holy Fair, vii. And farls bak’d wi’ butter, Fu’ crump that day.
1811. Willan, W. Riding Gloss. (E. D. S.), Crump, crimp, hard, brittle, crumbling.
a. 1825. Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Crump, crumpy … easily breaking under the teeth.
1878. Cumbrld. Gloss., Crump, brittle; crumbling.
