קָרַם (b. h.) [to contract, join,] to form a skin, cover. Tosef. T’bul Yom II, 10 חוט … שק׳ על וכ׳ if the film of an egg floated on the top of a pot; T’bul Yom III, 3. T’bul Yom III, 3. Ib. קטניות שקָרְמוּ על וכ׳ cooked peas which formed a skin on the rim of a pot. Ber. 25ᵃ כיון שקרמו פניה when its surface formed a crust. Men. VII, 3 (78ᵇ) עד שלא קרמו בתנור (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90) before the loaves had formed a slight crust in the oven. Sabb. I, 10 כדי שיִקְרְמוּ פניה וכ׳ in time for the cake to form a crust on the surface &c.; שיִקְרוֹם התחתון וכ׳ for the bottom to form a crust; a. fr.—Part. pass. קָרוּם. Ḥull. 49ᵇ; Tosef. ib. IX, 14, v. תּוֹתָב.
    Hif. - הִקְרִים same. Y. Ter. X, 47ᵇ bot. בצים שהִקְרִימוּ (abortive) eggs which have formed a membrane. Ber. 40ᵇ; B. Bath. 95ᵇ היין שה׳ wine which has formed a film; v. קָרַס