crozzle noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •A brick deformed by excessive heating during its manufacture.Crozzles, burrs and clinkers are bricks which have partly lost their shape through overheating. — 1914 •Hardened slag from a cementation furnace. •A form of non-carbonaceous shale found between coal deposits. verb1 •To shrink or shrivel from exposure to heat.When undiluted all these oils burn badly causing the wick to char, or, as it is technically described, to "crozzle," which renders constant attention necessary if a good dlight is to be maintained. — 1911 formscrozzled · crozzling · crozzles