Crumb (kr?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.
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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.]
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