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One who plods; a drudge.

pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes. I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. Milton. E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile. Goldsmith.

Drudging; servile. [Colloq.] Bred to some poking profession. Gray.

Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit. The very policy of a hostess, finding his purse so far above his clothes, did detect him. Fuller.

Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. Milton. To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang] W. H. Russell.

devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons. Politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy. Shak.

attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude. He . . . posed before her as a hero. Thackeray.

A nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also aposoro, and bush dog.

inuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours; the people poured out of the theater. In the rude throng pour on with furious pace. Gay.

To protrude. "Pouting lips." Dryden.

An extra first toe, or rudiment of a toe, on the preaxial side of the hallux.

An extra first digit, or rudiment of a digit, on the preaxial side of the pollex.

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim. Chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend. Dryden.

A vertebral rudiment in front of the atlas in some reptiles.

applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded.

Situated in front of the notochord; -- applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.

One who grows agricultural products, or manufactures crude materials into articles of use.

To fall down or out; to protrude.

in proof. Spenser. You shall have many proofs to show your skill. Ford. Formerly, a very rude mode of ascertaining the strength of spirits was practiced, called the proof. Ure.

eavy gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series, occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called also propyl hydride.