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Webster 1913 Edition

(-y̆)

Adj.

Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering;

as, a

crusty

coat; a

crusty

surface or substance

[Possibly a corruption of

cursty

. Cf.

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?

Shakespeare

Adj.

Like crust; of the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; hard; as a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.

Peevish; snappish; morose; surly; a word used in familiar discourse, but not deemed elegant.