CRUSTA

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 11

(Lat.) In Gem Sculpture, a gem engraved for inlaying on a vase or other object. CRUSTACEANS, Crustacea. (Lat. crusta, a hard covering.') A cla of free articulate animals, with articulated limbs, a branchial respiration, and a dorsal ventricle or heart. [s. 316]