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See Camp, n., 5. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Pie crust, the paste of a pie.

The peel or skin. [Obs.] "Some be covered over with crusts, or hard pills, as the locusts." Holland.

One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean. See Illust. under Crustacea.

Any one of the gills of a crustacean that is attached to the side of the thorax.

One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.

The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth''s crust were formed by igneous fusion; -- opposed to the Neptunian theory.

One of branchiæ attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea.

The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda.

The eyestalk of a crustacean.

Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed by grinding.

That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more commonly called abdomen.

Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antennæ. They mostly belong to the genera Pandalus, Palæmon, Palæmonetes, and Peneus, and are much used as food. The common English prawn in Palæmon serratus.

The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.

The segment next to the flagellum of the antennæ of Crustacea.

The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually, the penultimate joint.

sal portion, or two proximal and more or less consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean.

sil fish belonging to the Pycnodontini. They have numerous round, flat teeth, adapted for crushing.

The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certain insects. See Illust. of Limulus and Trilobite.

To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue. [Obs.] Spenser.