crusty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crusty	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for crusty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crusty adj having a hardened crust as a covering [syn: crusted, encrusted, crusty, crustlike] brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" Synonym(s): crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill- humored, ill-humoured
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crusty \Crust"y\ (-[ycr]), a. 1. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance. 2. [Possibly a corruption of cursty. Cf. {Curst}, {Curstness}.] Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly. Thou crusty batch of nature, what's the news? --Shak.