▪ I. crusting, vbl. n.
(ˈkrʌstɪŋ)
[f. crust v. (and n.) + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb crust; formation of a crust; concr. a crust formed, an incrustation.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth De P.R. vii. lix. (1495) 273 Paaste in an ouen..receyueth a maner croustyng in the vtter syde vnder the whiche crouste the paaste is nesshe. 1820 Blackw. Mag. VI. 548 The..department in this factitious wine trade, called crusting, consists in lining the interior surface of empty wine-bottles..with a red crust of super-tartarate of potash. 1853 Kane Grinnell Exp. xxx. (1856) 261 Put out your tongue, and it instantly freezes to this icy crusting. |
2. U.S. = crust-hunting: see crust v. 4.
| 1860 Gosse Rom. Nat. Hist. 207 Deer are taken extensively by a process called ‘crusting’; that is, pursuing them, after a night's rain followed by frost has formed a crusty ice upon the surface of the deep snow. 1888 Forest & Stream XXX. 165/1 A crust sufficiently strong for moose and deer crusting. |
▪ II. ˈcrusting, ppl. a.
[f. crust v. + -ing2.]
That crusts or forms a crust; encrusting.
| 1867 J. Ingelow Story Doom iii. 72 A coverlet made stiff with crusting gems. |