Part 2627

<hw>Cru"di*ty</hw> <tt>(kr?"d?-t?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Crudities</plw> <tt>(-t<?/z)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>cruditas</ets>, fr. <ets>crudus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>crudit<?/</ets>. See <er>Crude</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition of being crude; rawness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence, superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form.</def> "<i>Cridities</i> in the stomach."

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Crudle</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru"dle</hw> <tt>(-d'l)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>See <er>Cruddle</er>.</def>

<h1>Crudy</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Crud"y</hw> <tt>(kr?d"?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Crud</er>.]</ety> <def>Coagulated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His cruel wounds with <b>crudy</b> blood congealed. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crudy</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru"dy</hw> <tt>(kr?"d?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Crude</er>.]</ety> <def>Characterized by crudeness; raw.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The foolish and dull and <b>crudy vapors</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cruel</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru"el</hw> <tt>(kr?"?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Crewel</er>.</def>

<h1>Cruel</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru"el</hw> <tt>(kr\'b5"?l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cruel</ets>, <ets>fr</ets>. <ets>L</ets>. <ets>crudelis</ets>, fr. <ets>crudus</ets>. See <er>Crude</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless.</def>

<blockquote>Behold a people cometh from the north country; . . . they are <b>cruel</b> and have no mercy. <i>Jer. vi. 22,23.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.</def>

<blockquote><b>Cruel</b> wars, wasting the earth. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath for it was <b>cruel</b>. <i>Gen. xlix. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.</def>

<blockquote>You have seen <b>cruel</b> proof of this man's strength. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cruelly</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru"el*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a cruel manner.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Extremly; very.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Spectator.</i>

<h1>Cruelness</h1> <Xpage=350>

<hw>Cru"el*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt><def>Cruelty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>