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crust

  [kruhst]
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–noun
1. the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb ).
2. a slice of bread from the end of a loaf, consisting chiefly of this.
3. the pastry covering the outside of a pie or other dish.
4. a piece of stale bread.
5. any more or less hard external covering or coating: a crust of snow.
6. Geology. the outer layer of the earth, about 22 mi. (35 km) deep under the continents and 6 mi. (10 km) deep under the oceans. Compare mantle (def. 3), core 1 (def. 10).
7. a scab or eschar.
8. Slang. unabashed self-assertiveness; nerve; gall: He had a lot of crust going to the party without an invitation.
9. deposit from wine, as it ripens during aging, on the interior of bottles, consisting of tartar and coloring matter.
10. the hard outer shell or covering of an animal.
11. Australian Slang. a living or livelihood: What do you do for a crust?
–verb (used with object)
12. to cover with or as with a crust; encrust.
13. to form (something) into a crust.
–verb (used without object)
14. to form or contract a crust.
15. to form into a crust.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < AF, OF cruste, croste < L crusta hard coating, crust

Related forms:
crustless, adjective
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crust   (krŭst)   
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.

  2. A pastry shell, as of a pie or tart.

  3. A hard crisp covering or surface: snow with a firm crust.

  4. A hard deposit formed on the interior of a wine bottle as the wine matures.

  5. Geology

    1. The exterior portion of the earth that lies above the Mohorovičić discontinuity.

    2. The outermost solid layer of a planet or moon.

  6. The hard outer covering or integument of certain plants and animals, such as lichens and crustaceans.

  7. Pathology An outer layer or coating formed by the drying of a bodily exudate such as pus or blood; a scab.

  8. Informal Insolence; audacity; gall.

v.   crust·ed, crust·ing, crusts

v.   tr.

  1. To cover with a crust.

  2. To form into a crust.

v.   intr.

  1. To become covered with a crust.

  2. To harden into a crust.


[Middle English cruste, from Old French crouste, from Latin crūsta; see kreus- in Indo-European roots.]
crust'less adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

crust

In geology, the outermost layer of the Earth. It overlies the mantle.

Note: The crust includes the continents and the ocean bottom and is generally estimated to be about five to twenty-five miles thick.
Note: The crust is made from relatively lightweight rocks that floated to the surface when the Earth was molten early in its history.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
crust

  1. n.
    nerve; gall. : She's got a lot of crust—coming in here like that.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

crust 
c.1325, from L. crusta "rind, crust, shell, bark," from PIE *krus-to-, from base *kreus- "to begin to freeze, form a crust" (cf. Skt. krud- "make hard, thicken;" Avestan xruzdra- "hard;" Gk. krystallos "ice, crystal," kryos "icy cold, frost;" Lett. kruwesis "frozen mud;" O.H.G. hrosa "ice, crust;" O.E. hruse "earth;" O.N. hroðr "scurf"). Meaning "outer shell of the earth" is from 1555. Crusty in the figurative sense of "short-tempered" is from 1570.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: crust
Pronunciation: 'kr&st
Function: noun
1 : SCAB 2
2 : an encrusting deposit of serum, cellular debris, and bacteria present over or about lesions in some skin diseases (as impetigo or eczema) —crust verb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

crust (krŭst)
n.

  1. A hard, crisp covering or surface.

  2. An outer layer or coating formed by the drying of a bodily exudate such as pus or blood; a scab.

v. crust·ed, crust·ing, crusts
To cover with, become covered with, or harden into a crust.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

crust

see upper crust.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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