Definition of crust

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Crust (n.) 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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Nebalia :: Nebalia (n.) A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.).
Catastrophism :: Catastrophism (n.) The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; -- opposed to the doctrine of uniformism.
Crust :: Crust (n.) The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow..
Gnathopodite :: Gnathopodite (n.) Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds..
Incrustation :: Incrustation (n.) Anything inlaid or imbedded.
Procrusteanized :: Procrusteanized (imp. & p. p.) of Procrusteaniz.
Efflorescence :: Efflorescence (n.) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc..
Effloresce :: Effloresce (v. i.) To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere..
Protopodite :: Protopodite (n.) The basal portion, or two proximal and more or less consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean..
Exuviation :: Exuviation (n.) The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis..
Crustacean :: Crustacean (n.) An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.
Scale :: Scale (n.) An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler..
Crustation :: Crustation (n.) An adherent crust; an incrustation.
Chitin :: Chitin (n.) A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin..
Efflorescence :: Efflorescence (n.) The powder or crust thus formed.
Surprised :: Surprise (n.) A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents..
Propodite :: Propodite (n.) The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually, the penultimate joint..
Crusting :: Crusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crus.
Anisopoda :: Anisopoda (n. pl.) A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda..
Crusty :: Crusty (a.) Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance..
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