| • | The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow. |
| • | The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard. |
| • | The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents. |
| • | The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling. |
| • | The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior. |
| • | The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc. |
| • | A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body. |
| • | An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing. |
| • | To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust. |
| • | To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted. |
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