‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to push up or back; &unr_; + &unr_; to strike. ] (Pros.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; able to drive off, fr. &unr_; to drive off. ] (Med.) Astringent and repellent. -- n. An apocrustic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Crura [ L., the leg. ] (Anat.) (a) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank. (b) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. croisade, fr. Pr. crozada, or Sp cruzada, or It. crociata, from a verb signifying to take the cross, mark one's self with a cross, fr. L. crux cross; or possibly taken into English directly fr. Pr. Cf. Croisade, Crosado, and see Cross. ] 1. Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A Portuguese coin. See Crusado. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Crusaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Crusading. ] To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner. “Cease crusading against sense.” M. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages. [ 1913 Webster ]

Azure-eyed and golden-haired,
Forth the young crusaders fared. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg. cruzado, fr. cruz, fr. L. crux. See Crusade, 3. ] An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents. [ Written also cruade. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Akin to LG. kruus, kroos, mug, jug, jar, D. kroes, G. krause, Icel. krus, Sw. krus, Dan. kruus. Cf. Crucible, Cresset. ] 1. A cup or dish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Take with thee . . . a cruse of honey. 1 Kings xiv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

So David took . . . the cruse of water. 1 Sam. xxvi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. creuset. See Cruse, Crucible. ] A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crush hat, a hat which collapses, and can be carried under the arm, and when expanded is held in shape by springs; hence, any hat not injured by compressing. --
Crush room, a large room in a theater, opera house, etc., where the audience may promenade or converse during the intermissions; a foyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Politics leave very little time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush room of the opera at night. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crushed p. pr. & vb. n. Crushing. ] [ OE. cruschen, crousshen, Of. cruisir, croissir, fr. LL. cruscire, prob. of Ger. origin, from a derivative of the word seen in Goth. kruistan to gnash; akin to Sw. krysta to squeeze, Dan. kryste, Icel. kreysta. ] 1. To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. Lev. xxii. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. Num. xxii. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

To crush the pillars which the pile sustain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To oppress or burden grievously. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. Deut. xxviii. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally. [ 1913 Webster ]

Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. to subdue or overwhelm (a person) by argument or a cutting remark; to cause (a person) to feel chagrin or humiliation; to squelch. [ PJC ]

To crush a cup, to drink. [ Obs. ] --
To crush out. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance; -- of fabrics; as, crushed velvet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. utterly defeated.
Syn. -- subdued. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. brought low in condition or status by confusion, humiliation, or severe disappointment.
Syn. -- broken, humbled, humiliated, low. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

4. broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone. paved with crushed bluestone
Syn. -- ground. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, crushes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crusher gauge, an instrument for measuring the explosive force of gunpowder, etc., by its effect in compressing a piece of metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That crushes; overwhelming. “The blow must be quick and crushing.” Macualay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. crusta: cf. OF. crouste, F. croûte; prob. akin to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; ice, E. crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See Raw, and cf. Custard. ] 1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have known the statute of an emperor quite hid under a crust of dross. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) (a) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard. (b) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents. (c) The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole body is crusted over with ice. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

And now their legs, and breast, and bodies stood
Crusted with bark. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Very foul and crusted bottles. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock. Felton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted. [ 1913 Webster ]

The place that was burnt . . . crusted and healed. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., shell, crust, inlaid work. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A crust or shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Neut. pl. of NL. crustaceus pert. to the crust or shell, from L. crusta the hard surfsce of a body, rind, shell. ] (Zool.) One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The body usually consists of an anterior part, made up of the head and thorax combined, called the cephalothorax, and of a posterior jointed part called the abdomen, postabdomen, and (improperly) tail. They breathe by means of gills variously attached to some of the limbs or to the sides the body, according to the group. They are divisible into two subclasses, Entomostraca and Malacostraca, each of which includes several orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n. An animal belonging to the class Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to crustaceology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in crustaceology; a crustalogist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Crustacea + -logy. ] That branch of Zoology which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. crustaceous. See crustacea. ] 1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to a crust. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to crustalogy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in crustalogy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. crusta shell + -logy. ] Crustaceology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. crustatus, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta. See Crust. ] Covered with a crust; as, crustated basalt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adherent crust; an incrustation. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; as, old, crusted port wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. crusta crust + -facere to make. ] Producing or forming a crust or skin. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a crusty or surly manner; morosely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of being crusty or surly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Possibly a corruption of cursty. Cf. Curst, Curstness. ] Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou crusty batch of nature, what's the news? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. décrustation. ] The removal of a crust. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ A shortened form of Accademia della Crusca, an academy in Florence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conserving the purity of the Italian language. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Accademia della Crusca (literally, academy of the bran or chaff) was so called in allusion to its chief object of bolting or purifying the national language. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Dellacruscan School, a name given in satire to a class of affected English writers, most of whom lived in Florence, about a. d. 1785. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To incrust. See Incrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. covered with or hardened into a crust.
Syn. -- crusted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disengaging truth from its encrustment of error. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incrusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Incrusting. ] [ L. incrustare; pref. in- in + crustare to cover with a crust: cf. F. incruster. See Crust. ] [ Written also encrust. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetmeat incrusted with sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

And by the frost refin'd the whiter snow,
Incrusted hard. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fine Arts) To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incrustatus, p. p. See Incrust. ] Incrusted. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To incrust. [ R. ] Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incrustatio: cf. F. incrustation. See Incrust. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Fine Arts) Anything inlaid or imbedded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Incrustation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Cookery) The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

A massy fragment from the rich kissingcrust that hangs like a fretted cornice from the upper half of the loaf. W. Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]