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CRUDE, a. [L. G.]
In its
natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed;
not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial
process; raw; as, crude flesh.
"Common crude
salt." Boyle.
Molding to its will each successive deposit of the
crude materials. Unripe; not mature or perfect;
immature.
I come to pluck your berries harsh and
crude. Not reduced to order or form;
unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered;
immature.
"Crude projects." Macaulay.
Crude, undigested masses of suggestion,
furnishing rather raw materials for composition. The originals of Nature in their crude Undigested; unconcocted; not brought
into a form to give nourishment.
"Crude and
inconcoct." Bacon. Having, or displaying, superficial and
undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a
crude reasoner.
Harsh and offensive,
as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors,
or any design or work of art.
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