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Crust   /krəst/   Listen
noun
Crust  n.  
1.
The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow. "I have known the statute of an emperor quite hid under a crust of dross." "Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever."
2.
(Cookery)
(a)
The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard.
(b)
The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents.
(c)
The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; also called dumpling. "Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies." "He that keeps nor crust nor crumb." "They... made the crust for the venison pasty."
3.
(Geol.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior.
4.
(Zool.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
5.
(Med.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body.
6.
An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing.


verb
Crust  v. t.  (past & past part. crusted; pres. part. crusting)  To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust. "The whole body is crusted over with ice." "And now their legs, and breast, and bodies stood Crusted with bark." "Very foul and crusted bottles." "Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock."


Crust  v. i.  To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted. "The place that was burnt... crusted and healed."





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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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