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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Crusta :: Crusta (n.) A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object..
Seta :: Seta (n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss..
Bunn :: Bunn (n.) A slightly sweetened raised cake or bisquit with a glazing of sugar and milk on the top crust.
Cumacea :: Cumacea (n. pl.) An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size..
Urogastric :: Urogastric (a.) Behind the stomach; -- said of two lobes of the carapace of certain crustaceans.
Anticlinorium :: Anticlinorium (n.) The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal..
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.
Swimming :: Swimmeret (n.) One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming..
Crust :: Crust (n.) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents..
Pasty :: Pasty (n.) A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a dish; a meat pie..
Homarus :: Homarus (n.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters..
Uran-ochre :: Uran-ochre (n.) A yellow, earthy incrustation, consisting essentially of the oxide of uranium, but more or less impure..
Crusty :: Crusty (a.) Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance..
Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn..
Eyestalk :: Eyestalk (n.) One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip..
Encrustment :: Encrustment (n.) That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation.
Sutured :: Suture (n.) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell..
Omostegite :: Omostegite (n.) The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove.
Lernaeacea :: Lernaeacea (n. pl.) A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix..
Chelura :: Chelura (n.) A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber..
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