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crusted - 4 dictionary results

crust⋅ed

[kruhs-tid]
–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, -ed 3


crust⋅ed⋅ly, adverb

crust

[kruhst]
–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


crustless, adjective
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.
  1. A pastry shell, as of a pie or tart.
  2. A hard crisp covering or surface: snow with a firm crust.
  3. A hard deposit formed on the interior of a wine bottle as the wine matures.
  4. Geology
    1. The exterior portion of the earth that lies above the Mohorovičić discontinuity.
    2. The outermost solid layer of a planet or moon.
  5. The hard outer covering or integument of certain plants and animals, such as lichens and crustaceans.
  6. Pathology An outer layer or coating formed by the drying of a bodily exudate such as pus or blood; a scab.
  7. 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.

Crusted

Crust"ed\ (kr?st"?d), a. Incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; as, old, crusted port wine.
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