adj. 1. opposed to trusts, monopolies, or other large combinations of business or capital which threaten fair competition; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices; -- of laws and regulations.
Syn. -- antimonopoly. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ F., fr. LL. antrustio. ] A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; able to drive off, fr. &unr_; to drive off. ] (Med.) Astringent and repellent. -- n. An apocrustic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To trust or intrust. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted. [ Obs. ] Chipman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Brustled p. pr. & vb. n. Brustling ] [ OE. brustlien and brastlien, AS. brastlian, fr. berstan to burst, akin to G. prasseln to crackle. See Burst, v. i. ] 1. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To brustle up, to bristle up. [ Obs. ] Otway. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bristle. [ Obs. or Prov. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A joint trustee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. crusta: cf. OF. crouste, F. croûte; prob. akin to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; ice, E. crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See Raw, and cf. Custard. ] 1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have known the statute of an emperor quite hid under a crust of dross. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) (a) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard. (b) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents. (c) The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Crusting. ] [ Cf. OF. crouster, L. crustare. See Crust, n. ] To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole body is crusted over with ice. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

And now their legs, and breast, and bodies stood
Crusted with bark. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Very foul and crusted bottles. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock. Felton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted. [ 1913 Webster ]

The place that was burnt . . . crusted and healed. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., shell, crust, inlaid work. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A crust or shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Neut. pl. of NL. crustaceus pert. to the crust or shell, from L. crusta the hard surfsce of a body, rind, shell. ] (Zool.) One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The body usually consists of an anterior part, made up of the head and thorax combined, called the cephalothorax, and of a posterior jointed part called the abdomen, postabdomen, and (improperly) tail. They breathe by means of gills variously attached to some of the limbs or to the sides the body, according to the group. They are divisible into two subclasses, Entomostraca and Malacostraca, each of which includes several orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n. An animal belonging to the class Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to crustaceology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in crustaceology; a crustalogist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Crustacea + -logy. ] That branch of Zoology which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. crustaceous. See crustacea. ] 1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to a crust. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to crustalogy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in crustalogy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. crusta shell + -logy. ] Crustaceology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. crustatus, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta. See Crust. ] Covered with a crust; as, crustated basalt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adherent crust; an incrustation. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; as, old, crusted port wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. crusta crust + -facere to make. ] Producing or forming a crust or skin. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a crusty or surly manner; morosely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of being crusty or surly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Possibly a corruption of cursty. Cf. Curst, Curstness. ] Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou crusty batch of nature, what's the news? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. décrustation. ] The removal of a crust. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Distrusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distrusting. ] [ Cf. Mistrust. ] To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not distrusting my health. 2 Mac. ix. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

To distrust the justice of your cause. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of all afraid,
Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid. Collins. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust. T. L. K. Oliphant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; lack of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suspicion of evil designs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. State of being suspected; loss of trust. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who distrusts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. Boyle.

-- Dis*trust"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*trust"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in. -- Dis*trust"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Free from distrust. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To incrust. See Incrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. covered with or hardened into a crust.
Syn. -- crusted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disengaging truth from its encrustment of error. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Intrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. frustrabilis: cf. F. frustable. ] Capable of beeing frustrated or defeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Frustrate, a. ] Vain; useless; unprofitable. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. frustratus, p. p. of frustrare, frustrari, to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, prob. for frudtra and akin to fraus, E. fraud. ] Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. “Our frustrate search.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Frustrated p. pr. & vb. n. Frustrating. ] 1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall the adversary thus obtain
His end and frustrate thine ? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.

Syn. -- To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In vain. [ Obs. ] Vicars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts.
Syn. -- frustration, thwarting, foiling. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. preventing realization or attainment of a desire; causing frustration.
Syn. -- frustrative, thwarting. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.
Syn. -- disappointing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. frustratio: cf. OF. frustration. ] The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to defeat; fallacious. [ Obs. ] Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]