bricklyadj.

1670 New Additions to Art Husbandry 38 in J. Blagrave Epitome Art of Husbandry (new ed.) They that take them up must do it with a deal of care, for the roots are very brickly, and will break off if they be not careful.

1754 J. M. Magens tr. P. S. Nakskow Art. Faith Holy Evangelical Church vii. 66 Yet did God give to the frail, brickly Body of Man, a precious and immortal Soul.

1943 R. Chase Jack Tales 65 Jack never noticed when he set his foot on a brickly snag. Put all his weight on that rotten limb, and hit broke.

1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 June b1 ‘That fiberglass gets brickly after so many years. The whole bottom is liable to fall out,’ said Alton Jackson, 63, who has worked in local boatyards for a half-century.

2011 R. Woolf in A. Bissett & C. MacDougall New Writing Scotl. 29 225 Whittlin the brickly huil awa, I seen Within, white merble fer ma airtistry, Shot throu wi skyrie green.