† to-crush, 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. |