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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Crude'ness, n. p. 318A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immaturity; unfitness for a destined use or purpose.Cru'di-ty, n. p. 318The condition of being crude; rawness; indigestion. 2. That which is in a crude or indigested state. May we not ask such prefacers, if what they allege be true, what has the world to do with them and…Cru'dle, v. t. p. 318See CRUDDLE.Cru'dy, a. p. 318Concreted; coagulated; curded. [Obs.] His cruel wounds with crudy blood congealed. Spenser. 2. Characterized by, or producing, crudeness; crude. [Obs.] Sherris sack . . . ascends me into the brain…Cru'el, a. p. 318Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to torment, vex, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; barbarous; hard-hearted. Behold a people cometh from the north…Crū'el-ly, adv. p. 318In a cruel manner; with cruelty; with severe pain or torture; inhumanly; barbarously.Cru'el-ness, n. p. 318Cruelty. [Obs.] Spenser.Crū'el-ty, n. p. 318The attribute or character of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or distress to others; inhumanity; barbarity. Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty. Shak. 2. An act…Cru'en-tate, a. p. 318Smeared with blood; marked with red blotches; blood-red. [Obs.] Glanville.Cru-ēn’toŭs, a. p. 318Bloody; cruentate. [Obs.]Crū'et, n. p. 318A vial or small glass bottle, for holding vinegar, oil, or the like; a castor.Crū'et-stānd, n. p. 318A frame for holding cruets.Crūise, n. p. 318A small bottle. See CRUSE.Cruise, v. i. p. 318To go back and forth on the ocean; to pass and repass in a vessel; to sail, as for the protection of others, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure;—more rarely, to wander hither and…Crūise, n. p. 318A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a sailing to and fro.Crūi's'er, n. p. 318One who, or a ship that, cruises;—usually an armed ship; as, a piratical cruiser.Crūl'ler, n. p. 318A kind of sweet cake boiled in fat to a state of crispness. See KRULLER.Crŭmb, n. p. 318A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off. Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Luke xvi. 21. 2. The soft part…Crŭmb, v. t. p. 318To break into crumbs or small pieces; as, to crumb bread. [Written also crum.]Crūmb'-cloth, n. p. 318A cloth to be laid under a table to receive falling fragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean. [Written also crum-cloth.]Crām'ble, n. p. 318A very small fragment; a small crumb.Crŭm'ble, v. t. p. 318To break into small pieces; to divide into minute parts. Flesh is the glass which holds the dust That measures all our time, which also shall Be crumbled into dust. Herbert.Crŭm'ble, v. i. p. 318To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay; to perish. If the stone is brittle, it will crumble and pass into the form of gravel. Arbuthnot. The league…Crū'me-nal, n. p. 318A purse. [Obs.] More.Crŭm'ma-ble, a. p. 318Capable of being broken into small pieces by the fingers.Crŭm'my, a. p. 318Full of crumbs. 2. Soft, as the crumb of bread is; not crusty.Crŭmp, a. p. 318<br>1. Crooked. “Crump-shouldered.” L'Estrange.<br>2. Hard or crusty; as, a crump loaf. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Crŭmp'et, n. p. 318A certain kind of soft bread-cake, not sweetened, and baked on an iron or tin plate.Crŭm'ple, v. t. p. 318To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to rumple or crook. Plague on him, how he has crumpled our hands! Massinger.Crŭm'ple, v. i. p. 318To contract or shrink irregularly; to wrinkle.Crŭm'pling, n. p. 319A small, withered, degenerate apple. Johnson.Crŭmp'y, a. p. 319Easily broken; brittle; crumpCrŭnch, v. i. p. 319To chew with violence and noise; to craunch. 2. To grind or press with violence and noise. “The ship crunched through the ice.” Kane.Crŭnk or Crŭnk'le, v. i. p. 319To cry like a crane. [Obs.] “The crane crunketh.” Withal, 1608.Crû'or, n. p. 319Gore; coagulated blood.Crŭp, n. p. 319See Croup.Crŭp, a. p. 319Short; brittle; as, crup cake. Todd. 2. Ill-tempered; surly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Crup'per, n. p. 319The buttocks or rump of a horse. 2. A strap of leather which is buckled to a saddle, and, passing under a horse’s tail, prevents the saddle from slipping or being thrown forward on the horse’s neck.…Crup'per, v. t. p. 319To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.Crŭ'ral, a. p. 319Belonging to the leg; as, the crural arteries. 2. Shaped like a leg or root. Brande.Cru-sāde', n. p. 319A military expedition undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans. 2. Any hostile expedition undertaken from…Cru-sāde′, v. i. p. 319To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner. “Cease crusading against sense.” Green.Cru-sād'er, n. p. 319A person engaged in a crusade.Cru-sā'do, n. p. 319A crusade. [Obs.] Swinburne. 2. A Portuguese coin, so called from having a cross stamped on one side. Believe me, I had rather lost my purse Full of crusadoes. Shak.Cruse, n. p. 319A small cup or bottle. Take with thee . . . a cruse of honey. 1 Kings xiv. 3.Cru'set, n. p. 319A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot.Crŭsh, v. t. p. 319To press and bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts of. For drink the grape She crushes. Milton. 2. To overwhelm by pressure; to beat…Crŭsh, v. i. p. 319To be pressed into a smaller compass by external weight or force.Crŭsh, n. p. 319A violent collision or compression; a destructive fall; a crash. Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. Addison. 2. Violent pressure, as of a crowd.Crŭsh'er, n. p. 319One who, or that which, crushes.Crŭst, n. p. 319The hard, external coat or covering of any thing; an exterior surface or outer shell; a concretion. I have seen the statue of an emperor quite hid under a crust of dross. Addison. And a most instant…Crŭst, v. t. p. 319To cover with a hard case, or crust; to incrust. “The whole body is crusted over with ice.” Boyle. And now their legs, and breasts, and bodies stood Crusted with bark. Addison. 2. To cover with…Crūst, v. i. p. 319To gather or contract into a hard crust; to concrete or freeze at the surface, so as to form a crust.Crŭs'ta, n. p. 319A gem engraved for inlaying a vase or other object.Crus-tā'ce-ā, n. pl. p. 319One of the classes of the Articulata, or articulated animals (see ANIMAL KINGDOM), including lobsters, shrimps, and crabs; so called from the crust-like shell with which the body and legs are…Crus-tā'ce-an, n. p. 319An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.Crus-tā'ce-an, a. p. 319Pertaining to the crustacea; crustaceous.Crus-tā'ce-ō-lŏg'ĭc-al, a. p. 319Pertaining to crustaceology.Crus-tā'ce-ōl'o-gīst, n. p. 319One versed in crustaceology; crustologist.Crus-tā'ce-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 319The science which treats of the crustacea; malacostracology.