Crude, a.

(32), a. [compar. CRUDER; superl. CRUDEST.] [Lat. crudus, properly bloody, trickling with blood, contracted from cruidus, from cruor, blood which flows from a wound; Fr. & Pr. crud, cru, Sp. & It. crudo, Pg. crù.]

1Sense 1. 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. “Common crude salt.” Boyle.

Molding to its will each successive deposit of the crude materials. I. Taylor.

2Sense 2. Unripe; not brought to a mature or perfect state; immature.

I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. Milton.

3Sense 3. Not reduced to order or form; unformed; rough.

The originals of nature in their crude Conception. Milton.

4Sense 4. Undigested; not brought, by the action of the stomach, into a form to give nourishment.

While the body to be converted and altered is too strong for the efficient that should convert or alter it, . . . it is crude and inconcoct. Bacon.

5Sense 5. Unfinished; not arranged or prepared; hasty and ill considered; immature.

Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing rather raw materials for composition. De Quincey.

6Sense 6. Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.

7Sense 7. (Paint.) Roughly or coarsely done; having colors inharmonious, or not well blended; not accurately shaded.