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Crust   /krəst/   Listen
Crust

noun
1.
The outer layer of the Earth.  Synonym: Earth's crust.
2.
A hard outer layer that covers something.  Synonyms: encrustation, incrustation.
3.
The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties.  Synonyms: cheekiness, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence.
verb
(past & past part. crusted; pres. part. crusting)
1.
Form a crust or form into a crust.



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"Crust" Quotes from Famous Books



... out of this old state is what in this book I have undertaken to relate. As yet there were uneasy workings below the surface; but the crust was unbroken, and the nation remained outwardly unchanged as it had been for centuries. I have still some few features to ...
— The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) • James Anthony Froude
... day's work. The scenery was so new, and so majestic; everything at an elevation of 12,000 feet bears so different an aspect from that in the lower country... To a geologist, also, there are such manifest proofs of excessive violence; the strata of the highest pinnacles are tossed about like the crust of a broken pie." ("L.L." I. ...
— Darwin and Modern Science • A.C. Seward and Others
... eat a few bushels of salt first. Well, I'm in want of a herdsman, and will give you a hundred krones for a year—although it'll be confounded hard for you to earn them from what I can see. There'll always be a crust of bread for the boy, but of course he'll have to do what little he can. ...
— Pelle the Conqueror, Complete • Martin Andersen Nexo
... before replying came farther into the kitchen and touched the tip of a finger to one of Sallie's loaves, lifting it to show its golden brown crust. ...
— The Stolen Singer • Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger
... ago, and left us here to starve." Rufus Dawes burst into a laugh so discordant that it made the other shudder. "We'll starve together, Maurice Frere," said he, "for while you've a crust, I'll share it. If I don't get liberty, at least I'll ...
— For the Term of His Natural Life • Marcus Clarke


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