Word Meanings - CRUSTATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An adherent crust; an incrustation. Pepys.
Related words: (words related to CRUSTATION)
- CRUSTAL
Relating to a crust. - INCRUSTATION
A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement. (more info) 1. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted. 2. A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit - CRUSTINESS
1. The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness. 2. The quality of being crusty or surly. Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. W. Irving. - CRUSTACEOUS
Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean. (more info) 1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell. - CRUSTALOGY
Crustaceology. - CRUSTALOGIST
One versed in crustalogy. - ADHERENTLY
In an adherent manner. - CRUSTILY
In a crusty or surly manner; morosely. - CRUSTATION
An adherent crust; an incrustation. Pepys. - CRUSTACEA
One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered. Note: The body usually consists of an anterior part, made up of the head and thorax combined, called - CRUSTY
Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly. Thou crusty batch of nature, what's the news Shak. (more info) 1. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a - ADHERENT
Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals. (more info) 1. Sticking; clinging; adhering. Pope. 2. Attached as an attribute or circumstance. - CRUSTIFIC
Producing or forming a crust or skin. - CRUSTACEOUSNESS
The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell. - CRUST
The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior. (more info) akin to Gr. crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See Raw, 1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard - CRUSTACEOLOGICAL
Pertaining to crustaceology. - CRUSTACEAN
Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n. - CRUSTA
1. A crust or shell. 2. A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object. - CRUSTACEOLOGY
That branch of Zoölogy which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology. - CRUSTATED
Covered with a crust; as, crustated basalt. - PROCRUSTESIAN
See PROCRUSTEAN - DECRUSTATION
The removal of a crust. - KISSINGCRUST
The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking. Lamb. A massy fragment from the rich kissingcrust that hangs like a fretted cornice from the upper half of the loaf. W. Howitt. - ENCRUST
To incrust. See Incrust. - PROCRUSTES
A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes. - INCRUST
To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object. (more info) 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 - PROCRUSTEAN
Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See Procrustes.