(verb) : crusto, āvi, ātum, 1, crusta
* To cover with a rind, shell, incrustation, plaster-work, embossed figures, etc. (post-Aug.): mala gypso,Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 64: domum marmoribus,to incrust,Luc. 10, 114; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 3: portam crasso ferro,Amm. 24, 2, 14: vasa potoria crustata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 53, 6 Müll.: crustata crassities pectoris et ventris,incased with fat,App. M. 7, p. 189, 18.—Subst.: crustāta, ōrum, n. (sc. animalia), crustaceous animals, shellfish, Plin. 11, 37, 62, § 165.

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