Crum CRUM, n. [G.] A small fragment or piece; usually, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.
Lazarus, desiring to be fed with the crums which fell from the rich mans table. Luke 16.

Crumb \Crumb\ (kr[u^]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.

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.]

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