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Definition: crum
Crumb
\Crumb\ (kr[u^]m), n. [AS. cruma, akin to D. kruim, G.
krume; cf. G. krauen to scratch, claw.] [Written also
crum.]
1. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of
bread or other food, broken or cut off.
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Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from
the rich man's table. --Luke xvi.
21.
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2. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.
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3. The soft part of bread.
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Dust unto dust, what must be, must;
If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. --Old
Song.
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Crumb brush, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table.
To a crum, with great exactness; completely.
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Crumb
\Crumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Crumbed (kr[u^]md); p. pr.
& vb. n.
Crumbing (kr[u^]m"[i^]ng).]
To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to
crumb bread. [Written also
crum.]
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