Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow. 2. (n.) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard. 3. (n.) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents. 4. (n.) The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling. 5. (n.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to enclose a molten interior. 6. (n.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc. 7. (n.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body. 8. (n.) An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing. 9. (n.) To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust. 10. (v. i.) To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.

Multi-Version Concordance Crust (3 Occurrences) 1 Samuel 2:36 It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, "Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'" (See NIV) Job 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh. (See NAS) Proverbs 17:1 Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour. (See NIV)