Crustal. World English Historical Dictionary

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a. rare. [f. L. crusta + -AL.] Of or pertaining to a crust; consisting of crust.

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1860.  Worcester cites N. Brit. Rev.

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1892.  C. Lapworth, in Proc. Geogr. Soc., 697. The many twisting crustal septa of the earth.

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  Crustalogical, Crustalogist, Crustalogy, synonyms of CRUSTACEOLOGICAL, etc.

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  Proposed by Webster (1828), and in later Dicts.

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