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The whole body is crusted over with
ice.

Boyle.

And now their legs, and breast, and bodies
stood

Crusted with bark.

Addison.

Very foul and crusted bottles.

Swift.

Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds
in the rock.

Felton.

Crust, v. i. To gather or
contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.

The place that was burnt . . . crusted and
healed.

Temple.

||Crus"ta (kr?s"t?), n. [L., shell,
crust, inlaid work.]

1. A crust or shell.

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

||Crus*ta"ce*a (kr?s-t?"sh?-?), n.
pl. [Neut. pl. of NL. crustaceus pert. to the
crust or shell, from L. crusta the hard surfsce of a body,
rind, shell.] (Zoöl.) One of the classes of the
arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the
crustlike shell with which they are covered.

&fist; 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.


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