Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CRUM, n. [Sax. cruma; D. kruim; G. krume; Heb. Ch. ערם to gnaw, or break. Class Rm, No. 14, 16, 19, 25, 26.]

A small fragment or piece; usually, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off; the soft part of bread. Lazarus, desiring to be fed with the crums which fell from the rich man's table. Luke xvi.