Part 2636

<hw>Crust"ed</hw> <tt>(kr?st"?d)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; <as>as, old, <ex>crusted</ex> port wine</as>.</def>

<h1>Crustific</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crus*tif`ic</hw> <tt>(kr?s-t?f"?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>crusta</ets> crust + <ets>-facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>Producing or forming a crust or skin.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Crustily</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crust"i*ly</hw> <tt>(kr?st"?-l\'b5)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a crusty or surly manner; morosely.</def>

<h1>Crustiness</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crust"i*ness</hw> <tt>(-?-n?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The quality of being crusty or surly.</def>

<blockquote>Old Christy forgot his usual <b>crustiness</b>. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crusty</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crust"y</hw> <tt>(-?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; <as>as, a <ex>crusty</ex> coat; a <ex>crusty</ex> surface or substance.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Possibly a corruption of <ets>cursty</ets>. Cf. <er>Curst</er>, <er>Curstness</er>.]</ety> <def>Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly.</def>

<blockquote>Thou <b>crusty</b> batch of nature, what's the news? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crut</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crut</hw> <tt>(kr?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cro<?/te</ets> crust.]</ety> <def>The rough, shaggy part of oak bark.</def>

<h1>Crutch</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crutch</hw> <tt>(kr?ch; 224)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Crutches</plw> <tt>(-<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>cruche</ets>, AS. <ets>crycc</ets>, <ets>cricc</ets>; akin to D. <ets>kruk</ets>, G. <ets>kr<?/cke</ets>, Dan. <ets>krykke</ets>, Sw. <ets>krycka</ets>, and to E. <ets>crook</ets>. See <er>Crook</er>, and cf. <er>Cricket</er> a low stool.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.</def>

<blockquote>I'll lean upon one <b>crutch</b>, and fight with the other. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Rhyme is a <b>crutch</b> that lifts the weak alone. <i>H. Smith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A knee, or piece of knee timber</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See <er>Crotch</er>.</def>

<h1>Crutch</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crutch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To support on crutches; to prop up.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Two fools that <b>crutch</b> their feeble sense on verse. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crutched</h1> <Xpage=352>

<hw>Crutched</hw> <tt>(kr?cht)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Supported upon crutches.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[See <er>Crouch</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and <er>Crouched</er>, <tt>a.</tt> ]</ety> <def>Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.</def>

<cs><col>Crutched friar</col> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld>, <cd>one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also <altname>crossed friar</altname> and <altname>crouched friar</altname>.</cd></cs>