crustedadj.
/ˈkrʌstɪd/ 1. Having or covered with a crust, encrusted; †crustaceous (obsolete); that has deposited a crust, as old port or other wine.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [adjective] > encrusting > encrusted
crusted1382
incrustated1659
incrustate1671
scurfy1732
crustated1780
encrusted1815
leprous1820
barkened1827
scabrous1939
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective]
crustyc1400
crusted1610
crustaceous1646
crustacean1835
crustaceal1853
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [adjective] > encrusting > formed into an incrustation
barkened1513
incrustate1626
crusted1665
caked-on1905
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > having crust
crustyc1400
crusted1893
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxix. 23 A crustid cake spreynde with oyle.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 32 Entring vpon the crusted mudde, and sincking with all.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxiii. 170 The Crusted sort of Fishes..viz. Crabs, Lobsters, Creuises, Cuttles, Razers, Shrimpes, &c.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 196 The pretty Insect was covered all over with a crusted shell.
1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 27 Musty, or very foul and crusted Bottles.
1873 Forest & Stream I. 90/2 The crusted snow-drifts.
1893 N.E.D. at Crusted Mod. Fine old crusted port.
2. figurative (from crusted wine): antiquated, ‘venerable’; often with admixture of the notion ‘covered with a crust of prejudice, etc.’ humorous.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.)
oldeOE
winteredeOE
oldlyOE
over-oldOE
eldernc1175
at-oldc1200
stricken on, in age, in eldec1380
oldlya1382
(well, far, etc.) stepped in age, in or into yearsc1386
ancientc1400
aged1420
well-agedc1450
ripec1480
passing oldc1485
(well) shot in years1530
old aged1535
agey1547
Ogygian1567
strucken1576
oldish1580
stricken in yearsa1586
declined1591
far1591
struck1597
Nestorian1605
overripe1605
elderly1611
eld1619
antiquated1631
enaged1631
thorough-old1639
emerita1643
grandevous1647
magnaevous1727
badgerly1753
(as) old as the hills1819
olden days1823
crusted1833
long in the tooth1841
oldened1854
mature1867
over the hill1950
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [adjective] > and out-of-date
crusted1833
1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. vii. 60 His own crusted urbanity and scheming perseverance.
1884 19th Cent. Feb. 230 England..cherishes a fine old crusted abuse as much as it does its port.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Nov. 4/1 The lengths to which good old crusted bigotry can go.
Derivatives
ˈcrustedly adv.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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