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Webster 1913 Edition

Crude

Crude

(krṳd)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Cruder
(-ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Crudest
.]
[L.
crudus
raw; akin to
cruor
blood (which flows from a wound). See
Raw
, and cf.
Cruel
.]
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;
as,
crude
flesh
.
“Common crude salt.”
Boyle.
Molding to its will each successive deposit of the
crude
materials.
I. Taylor.
2.
Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.
I come to pluck your berries harsh and
crude
.
Milton.
3.
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.
De Quincey.
The originals of Nature in their
crude

Conception.
Milton.
4.
Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment.
“Crude and inconcoct.”
Bacon.
5.
Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity;
as, a
crude
reasoner
.
6.
(Paint.)
Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crude

CRUDE

,
Adj.
[L. G.]
1.
Raw; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; in its natural state; undressed; as crude flesh; crude meat. In this sense, raw is more generally used.
2.
Not changed from its natural state; not altered or prepared by any artificial process; as crude salt; crude alum.
3.
Rough; harsh; unripe; not mellowed by air or other means; as crude juice.
4.
Unconcocted; not well digested in the stomach.
5.
Not brought to perfection; unfinished; immature; as the crude materials of the earth.
6.
Having indigested notions.
7.
Indigested; not matured; not well formed, arranged, or prepared in the intellect; as, crude notions; a crude plan; a crude theory.

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