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   Crust (kr?st), n. [L.  crusta: cf. OF.  crouste, F. croûte; 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”.
   
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   I have known the statute of an emperor quite hid under a crust of dross. Addison.
   
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   Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. Prescott.
   
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   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.
   
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   Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies. Dryden.
   
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   He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. Shak.
   
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   They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty. Macaulay.
   
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   3. (Geol.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior.
   
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   4. (Zool.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
   
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   5. (Med.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body.
   
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   6. An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing.
   
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   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.
   
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   The whole body is crusted over with ice. Boyle.
   
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   And now their legs, and breast, and bodies stood
   
   Crusted with bark. Addison.
   
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   Very foul and crusted bottles. Swift.
   
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   Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock. Felton.
   
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   Crust, v. i. To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.
   
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   The place that was burnt . . . crusted and healed. Temple.
   
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