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That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.

Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance.

One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages. Azure-eyed and golden-haired, Forth the young crusaders fared. Longfellow.

Of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit.

An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents. [Written also cruade.] Shak.

A cup or dish. Take with thee . . . a cruse of honey. 1 Kings xiv. 3.

A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot.

roy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes. Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. Lev. xxii. 24. The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. Num. xxii. 25.…

One who, or that which, crushes. Crusher gauge, an instrument for measuring the explosive force of gunpowder, etc., by its effect in compressing a piece of metal.

That crushes; overwhelming. "The blow must be quick and crushing." Macualay.

ard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow. I have known the statute of an emperor quite hid under a crust of dross. Addison. Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. Prescott.…

A crust or shell.

One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered.

Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n.

Pertaining to crustaceology.

One versed in crustaceology; a crustalogist.

That branch of Zoölogy which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell.

The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell.

Relating to a crust.