Crumb n. [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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crumbed p. pr. & vb. n. Crumbing ] To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread. [Written also crum.]
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