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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
crack·nel       [krak-nl] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a hard, brittle cake or biscuit.
2.cracknels, small bits of fat pork fried crisp.
Compare scrapple.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME crak(e)nele < MF *craquenelle, metathetic alter. of craquelin < MD crākelinc, equiv. to crāke(n) to crack + -linc -ling1]
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crack·nel       (krāk'nəl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A hard crisp biscuit.
  2. cracknels Crisp bits of fried pork fat; cracklings.


[Middle English crakenele, alteration of Old French craquelin, from Middle Dutch krākelinc, small cake, from krāken, to crack; see gerə-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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Cracknel

Crack"nel\ (kr?k"n?l), n. [F. craquelin, fr. D. krakeling, fr. krakken to crack. See Crack, v. t.] A hard brittle cake or biscuit. --Spenser.

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