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–adjective

1.	having a crust; encrusted.

2.	(of a wine) containing a hardened deposit accumulated during aging in the bottle: crusted port.

3.	having the accruals of age; antique.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME; see crust, -ed³

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—Related forms

crust·ed·ly, adverb

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n.

1. The hard outer portion or surface area of bread.
2. A piece of bread consisting mostly of the hard outer portion.
3. A piece of bread that has become hard and dry.
4. The exterior portion of the earth that lies above the Mohorovičić discontinuity.
5. The outermost solid layer of a planet or moon.
A pastry shell, as of a pie or tart.
A hard crisp covering or surface: snow with a firm crust.
A hard deposit formed on the interior of a wine bottle as the wine matures.
Geology
1. The exterior portion of the earth that lies above the Mohorovičić discontinuity.
2. The outermost solid layer of a planet or moon.
The hard outer covering or integument of certain plants and animals, such as lichens and crustaceans.
Pathology An outer layer or coating formed by the drying of a bodily exudate such as pus or blood; a scab.
Informal Insolence; audacity; gall.

v. crust·ed, crust·ing, crusts

v. tr.

To cover with a crust.
To form into a crust.

v. intr.

To become covered with a crust.
To harden into a crust.

[Middle English cruste, from Old French crouste, from Latin crūsta; see kreus- in Indo-European roots.]

crust'less adj.

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crusted
adjective
having a hardened crust as a covering

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Crusted

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.

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