v. Obs. [ME. f. TO-2 + CRUSH v.]
a. trans. To crush to pieces. b. intr. To be crushed, to break to pieces under pressure.
c. 1300. Havelok, 1992. Was non þat hauede þe hern-panne So hard, þat he ne dede alto-cruhsse, And alto-shiuere, and alto-frusshe.
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 5153. Þe walles to-breke, & al to-crusschede.
1542. Udall, Erasm. Apoph., 111 b. I will at one stroke all to crushe thy hedde to powther.
