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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

fissilis

, fr.

fissus

, p. p. of

findere

to split. See

Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.

This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone.

Sir I. Newton.

Adj.

[L. fissilis, from fissus, divided, from findo, to split.]

That may be split, cleft or divided in the direction of the grain, or of natural joints.

This crystal is a pellucid fissile stone.