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|lshtext=<b>crusta</b>: ae, f. cf. [[crudus]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[hard]] [[surface]] of a [[body]], the [[rind]], [[shell]], [[crust]], [[bark]], etc.<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: luti, Lucr. 6, 626; cf. soli, Dig. 39, 2, 9: [[panis]], Plin. 19, 8, 53, § 168: glandis, id. 15, 28, 34, § 112: piscium, id. 9, 28, 44, § 83: locustarum, id. 9, 30, 50, § 95: ulcerum, the [[scab]], Cels. 5, 9; cf. id. 5, 10: fluminis, a [[covering]] or [[crust]] of [[ice]], Verg. G. 3, 360 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., t. t. of [[plastic]] [[art]], [[inlaid]], [[chased]], or [[embossed]] [[work]] on walls or vessels, plasterwork, [[stucco]]-[[work]], mosaic [[work]]: parietis, Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 154; cf. id. 36, 6, 7, § 48: quae (vasa) probarant, eis crustae aut emblemata detrahebantur, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Plin. 36, 6, 6, § 47; 36, 6, 7, § 48: capaces Heliadum crustae, Juv. 5, 38; Dig. 34, 2, 32, § 1.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: non est ista solida et sincera [[felicitas]]; [[crusta]] est et [[quidem]] [[tenuis]], [[plaster]]- or [[outside]]-[[work]], Sen. Prov. 6, 3; cf. [[tectorium]].
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