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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crusty \Crust"y\ (-[y^]), a. 1. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance. 2. [Possibly a corruption of cursty. Cf {Curst}, {Curstness}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crusty adj 1: having a hardened crust as a covering [syn: {crusted}, {encrusted}, {crustlike}] 2: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: {curmudgeonly}, {gruff}, {ill-humored}, {ill-humoured}]
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