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Crumb

Crumb

(krŭm)
,
Noun.
[AS.
cruma
, akin to D.
kruim
, G.
krume
; cf. G.
krauen
to scratch, claw.]
[Written also
crum
.]
1.
A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.
Desiring to be fed with the
crumbs
which fell from the rich man’s table.
Luke xvi. 21.
2.
Fig.: A little; a bit;
as, a
crumb
of comfort
.
3.
The soft part of bread.
Dust unto dust, what must be, must;
If you can't get
crumb
, you'd best eat crust.
Old Song.
Crumb brush
,
a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table.
–
To a crum
,
with great exactness; completely.

Crumb

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Crumbed
(krŭmd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Crumbing
(krŭm′ĭng)
.]
To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers;
as, to
crumb
bread
.
[Written also
crum
.]

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