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idered; immature. "Crudeprojects." Macualay. Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing rather raw materials for composition. De Quincey. The originals of Nature in their crude Conception. Milton.

To overcome completely; to subdue totally. Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. Sir. W. Scott. To crush a cup, to drink. [Obs.] -- To crush out. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.

A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly,…

To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple. Seas would be pools without the brushing air To curl the waves. Dryden.

e.] [ Colloq. U.S.] To cut a curlycue, to make a flourish; to cut a caper. I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot. McClintock.

To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.

The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc.

plate, with a handle at the back; -- used in pairs to produce a sharp ringing sound by clashing them together.

; to make wet and limp; to moisten. The warrior's very plume, I say, Was daggled by the dashing spray. Sir W. Scott.

y brush, a yard whalebone brush. -- Dandy fever. See Dengue. -- Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. -- Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.…

ntle day, . . . Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak. The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior.

the waves dash upon rocks. [He] dashed through thick and thin. Dryden. On each hand the gushing waters play, And down the rough cascade all dashing fall. Thomson.

next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.

th excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb. While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. Spenser. Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. Sir H. Taylor. He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. Dickens.…

A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys. The deathblow of my hope. Byron.

Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug.

g such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington). In 1776 the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. Buckle.

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term.

f a garrison, or of troops necessary for defense; as, to degarnish a city or fort. [R.] Washington.