The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crumb brush
Crumb \Crumb\ (kr[u^]m), n. [AS. cruma, akin to D. kruim, G. krume; cf. G. krauen to scratch, claw.] [Written also crum.]
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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. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.
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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.