English Dictionary: Crumb | by the DICT Development Group |
5 results for Crumb | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumb \Crumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumbed} (kr?md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumbing} (kr?m"?ng).] To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread. [Written also {crum}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumb \Crumb\ (kr[ucr]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. Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. --Luke xvi. 21. 2. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort. 3. The soft part of bread. Dust unto dust, what must be, must; If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. --Old Song. {Crumb brush}, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table. {To a crum}, with great exactness; completely. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
crumb n. Two binary digits; a {quad}. Larger than a {bit}, smaller than a {nybble}. Considered silly. Syn. {tayste}. General discussion of such terms is under {nybble}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
crumb Two binary digits; a {quad}. Larger than a {bit}, smaller than a {nibble}. Considered silly. Synonym {tayste}. |