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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRUST, n. [L., G.]
1. An external coat or covering of a thing, which is hard or harder than the internal substance; as the crust of bread; the crust of snow; the crust of dross; the crust of a pie.
2. A piece of crust; a waste piece of bread.
3. A shell, as the hard covering of a crab and some other animals.
4. A scab.
5. The superficial substances of the earth are, in geology, called its crust.
CRUST, v.t.
1. To cover with a hard case or coat; to spread over the surface a substance harder than the matter covered; to incrust; as, to crust a thing with clay; to crust cake with sugar; crusted with bark.
2. To cover with concretions.
CRUST, v.i. To gather or contract into a hard covering; to concrete or freeze, as superficial matter.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the outer layer of the Earth [syn: crust, Earth's crust]
2: a hard outer layer that covers something [syn: crust, incrustation, encrustation]
3: the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties [syn: crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness] v
1: form a crust or form into a crust; "The bread crusted in the oven"

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin crusta; akin to Old English hr?se earth, Greek kryos icy cold, krystallos ice, crystal Date: 14th century 1. a. the hardened exterior or surface part of bread b. a piece of this or of bread grown dry or hard 2. the pastry cover of a pie 3. a hard or brittle external coat or covering: as a. a hard surface layer (as of soil or snow) b. the outer part of a planet, moon, or asteroid composed essentially of crystalline rocks c. a deposit built up on the interior surface of a wine bottle during long aging d. an encrusting deposit of dried secretions or exudate; especially scab 4. gall, nerve • crust verb • crustal adjective • crustless adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a the hard outer part of a loaf of bread. b a piece of this with some soft bread attached. c a hard dry scrap of bread. d esp. Austral. sl. a livelihood (what do you do for a crust?). 2 the pastry covering of a pie. 3 a hard casing of a softer thing, e.g. a harder layer over soft snow. 4 Geol. the outer portion of the earth. 5 a a coating or deposit on the surface of anything. b a hard dry formation on the skin, a scab. 6 a deposit of tartar formed in bottles of old wine. 7 a sl. impudence (you have a crust!). b a superficial hardness of manner. --v.tr. & intr. 1 cover or become covered with a crust. 2 form into a crust. Derivatives: crustal adj. (in sense 4 of n.). Etymology: ME f. OF crouste f. L crusta rind, shell

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crust Crust (kr?st), n. [L. crusta: cf. OF. crouste, F. cro[^u]te; prob. akin to Gr. ????? ice, E. crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See Raw, and cf. Custard.] 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. --Addison. Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. --Prescott. 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. --Dryden. He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. --Shak. They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty. --Macaulay. 3. (Geol.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior. 4. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crust Crust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Crusting.] [Cf. OF. crouster, L. crustare. See Crust, n. ] To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust. The whole body is crusted over with ice. --Boyle. And now their legs, and breast, and bodies stood Crusted with bark. --Addison. Very foul and crusted bottles. --Swift. Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock. --Felton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(crusts) 1. The crust on a loaf of bread is the outside part. N-COUNT 2. A pie's crust is its cooked pastry. N-COUNT 3. A crust is a hard layer of something, especially on top of a softer or wetter substance. As the water evaporates, a crust of salt is left on the surface of the soil. N-COUNT 4. The earth's crust is its outer layer. Earthquakes leave scars in the earth's crust. N-COUNT: with supp 5. see also upper crust

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Incrustation, hard coating.

Moby Thesaurus

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