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Incrustation. [R.]

The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking. Lamb. A massy fragment from the rich kissingcrust that hangs like a fretted cornice from the upper half of the loaf. W. Howitt.

To incrust; to harden. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See Procrustes.

To stretch or contract according to some rule or standard.

their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes.

See Procrustean.

Half crustaceous; partially crustaceous.

Occurring beneath a crust or scab; as, a subcrustaceous cicatrization.

The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).

ng an unusual amount of soluble mineral salts which effloresce in the form of a powder or crust (usually white) in dry weather following rains or irrigation. The basis of these salts is mainly soda with a smaller amount of potash, and usually a little lime and magnesia. Two main classes of alkali are commonly distingu…

A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostr…

A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.

A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.

Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen; as, the anomural crustaceans. [Written also anomoural, anomouran.]

A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns,…

A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea.

The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal.

sses of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.