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crustiness|ˈkrʌstɪnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
1. The quality or condition of being crusty. concr. a crusty formation, incrustation.
1607Topsell Serpents (1653) 661 Their..quality is to burn the body..and to bring a hard scale or crustinesse upon any part. 1665Manley Grotius' Low-C. Warres 269 The upper Crustiness of the Turf was so hardned..that it would endure a few to go over it. c1720W. Gibson Farriers Dispens. xiv. (1734) 275 They leave such a hardness and crustiness that the part is very apt to..break out into fresh sores.
2. fig. Crabbed curtness of manner or temper.
1727Bailey vol. II, Crustiness..pettishness of Temper. 1822W. Irving Braceb. Hall (1845) 95 Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. 1839–40― Wolfert's R. (1855) 147 An old English gentleman, of great probity, some understanding, and very considerable crustiness. |