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elopment; an unfinished beginning. but I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes The monarchies of the earth. Milton. the single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape. I. Taylor.

Rudimentary. Addison.

Of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays.

Somewhat rude. Foote.

r or suborder of bivalve mollusks characteristic of the Cretaceous period; -- called also Rudista. See Illust. under Hippurite.

Rudeness; ignorance. [R.]

Either of the feasts of the Holy Cross, occuring on May 3 and September 14, annually.

les computed by Kepler, and founded on the observations of Tycho Brahe; - - so named from Rudolph II., emperor of Germany.

To thrust away. [Obs.] Johnson.

To grudge; to envy the possession of.

See Curd. [Obs.]

To curdle. [Obs.] See how thy blood cruddles at this. Bea

undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh. "Common crude salt." Boyle. Molding to its will each successive deposit of the crude materials. I. Taylor.

In a crude, immature manner.

A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, the crudeness of iron ore; crudeness of theories or plans.

The condition of being crude; rawness.

See Cruddle.

Coagulated. [Obs.] His cruel wounds with crudy blood congealed. Spenser.

To thrust down or out; to push down with force. Locke.

To deprive of the rudder, as a ship.