Crust
[krʌst]
Definition
(noun.) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties.
(noun.) the outer layer of the Earth.
(noun.) a hard outer layer that covers something.
(verb.) form a crust or form into a crust; 'The bread crusted in the oven'.
Inputed by Dennis--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.
(n.) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard.
(n.) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents.
(n.) The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling.
(n.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior.
(n.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
(n.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body.
(n.) An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing.
(n.) To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust.
(v. i.) To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.
Typist: Sharif
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Incrustation, hard coating.
Editor: Rudolf
Definition
n. the hard rind or outside coating of anything: the outer part of bread: covering of a pie &c.: (geol.) the solid exterior of the earth.—v.t. to cover with a crust or hard case.—v.i. to gather into a hard crust.—adj. Crustāt′ed covered with a crust.—n. Crustā′tion an adherent crust.—adv. Crust′ily.—n. Crust′iness.—adj. Crust′y of the nature of or having a crust as port or other wine: having a hard or harsh exterior: hard: snappy: surly.
Typist: Psyche
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a crust of bread, denotes incompetency, and threatened misery through carelessness in appointed duties.
Typed by Billie
Examples
- The crust of the earth is a vast museum; but the natural collections have been imperfectly made, and only at long intervals of time. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Evidently we were very far beneath the surface crust of Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Omean lies perhaps two miles below the surface crust of Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I know somewhere about what things are likely to be; but there's no trimming and squaring my affairs, as Chloe trims crust off her pies. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It is in the upper few hundred feet of the crust of the earth, in the sea, and in the lower levels of the air below four miles that life is found. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This crust is due to the accumulation in the kettle of mineral matter which was in solution in the water, but which was left behind when the water evaporated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Why, she makes pies--sartin she does; but what kinder crust? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They must have appeared first as crusts and clinkers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now they were crusted and the knee was swollen and discolored and the calf sunken but there was no pus. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Obviously they have been caused by someone who has very carelessly scraped round the edges of the sole in order to remove crusted mud from it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Typed by Chloe