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 Crude a. [Compar. Cruder superl. Crudest.]
 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.”
    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.”
    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.”
 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.
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