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.