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   Crude , a. [Compar. Cruder ; superl. Crudest.] [L. crudus raw; akin to cruor blood (which flows from a wound). See Raw, and cf. Cruel.]
    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.
   
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   Molding to its will each successive deposit of the crude materials.
   I. Taylor.
   
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   Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.
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   I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
   Milton.
   
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   Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature. “Crude projects.” 
   Macaulay.
   
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   Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing rather raw materials for composition.
   De Quincey.
   
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   The originals of Nature in their crude
   Conception.
   Milton.
   
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   Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment. “Crude and inconcoct.”
   Bacon.
   
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   Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.
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   (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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