2. Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Hallivell.

Crump"et (krŭmp"&ebreve;t), n. [Prob. from W. crempog, crammwgth, a pancake or fritter.] A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.

Crum"ple (krŭm"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crumpled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crumpling (-pl?ng).] [Dim. fr. crump, a.] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.

They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made.

Addison.

Crum"ple, v. i. To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.

Crump"y (krŭmp"&ybreve;), a. Brittle; crisp. Wright.

Crunch (krŭnch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crunched (krŭncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Crunching.] [Prob. of imitative origin; or cf. D. schransen to eat heartily, or E. scrunch.] 1. To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull.

Byron.

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