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   Crumb (krŭm), n.  [AS.  cruma, akin to D. kruim, G.  krume; cf. G.  krauen to scratch, claw.] [Written also crum.]
   1. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.
   
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   Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Luke xvi. 21.
   
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   2.  Fig.: A little; a bit; as, “a crumb of comfort”.
   
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   3.  The soft part of bread.
   
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   Dust unto dust, what must be, must;
   
   If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. Old Song.
   
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   Crumb brush, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table. -- To a crum, with great exactness; completely.
   
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   Crumb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crumbed (krŭmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crumbing (krŭmˈĭng).] To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, “to crumb bread”. [Written also crum.]
   
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