shrend

intransitive verb

ˈs(h)rend

-ed/-ing/-s

: to break into shivers as a result of internal stresses

—used of glass not properly tempered or annealed

Word History

Etymology

probably from German dialect schrinden, from Old High German scrintan to crack open

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