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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Begrudged p. pr. & vb. n. Begrudging. ] To grudge; to envy the possession of. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. being given reluctantly or with displeasure.
Syn. -- envious, grudging. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Curd. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To curdle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

See how thy blood cruddles at this. Bea&unr_; & FL. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Cruder superl. Crudest. ] [ L. crudus raw; akin to cruor blood (which flows from a wound). See Raw, and cf. Cruel. ] 1. In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh. “Common crude salt.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Molding to its will each successive deposit of the crude materials. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature. [ 1913 Webster ]

I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature. “Crude projects.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing rather raw materials for composition. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The originals of Nature in their crude
Conception. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment. “Crude and inconcoct.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a crude, immature manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Cookery) an appetizer consisting of raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Crudities [ L. cruditas, fr. crudus: cf. F. crudité. See Crude. ] 1. The condition of being crude; rawness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence, superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form. “Crudities in the stomach.” Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. See Cruddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Crud. ] Coagulated. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His cruel wounds with crudy blood congealed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Crude. ] Characterized by crudeness; raw. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The foolish and dull and crudy vapors. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Detruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Detruding. ] [ L. detrudere, detrusum; de + trudere to thrust, push. ] To thrust down or out; to push down with force. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of the rudder, as a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Drudged p. pr. & vb. n. Drudging. ] [ OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge. ] To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue. [ 1913 Webster ]

He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To consume laboriously; -- with away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a menial servant. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who drudges; a drudge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dredging box. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil. [ 1913 Webster ]

The drudgery of penning definitions. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paradise was a place of bliss . . . without drudgery and with out sorrow. Locke.

Syn. -- See Toll. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Dredging box. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a drudging manner; laboriously. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + drudge. ] To make a drudge or slave of. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. erudire. ] To instruct; to educate; to teach. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The skillful goddess there erudiates these
In all she did. Fanshawe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. eruditus, p. p. of erudire to free from rudeness, to polish, instruct; e out + rudis rude: cf. F. érudit. See Rude. ] Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned. “A most erudite prince.” Sir T. More. “Erudite . . . theology.” I. Taylor. -- er"u*dite`ly, adv. -- er"u*dite`ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. profound knowledge.
Syn. -- erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. eruditio: cf. F. érudition. ] The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship. [ 1913 Webster ]

The management of a young lady's person is not be overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more to be regarded. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily upon him. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Literature; learning. See Literature. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Extruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Extruding. ] [ L. extrudere, extrusum; ex out + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat. ] 1. To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away. “Parentheses thrown into notes or extruded to the margin.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Metallurgy) To shape or form by forcing metal heated to a semi-plastic condition through dies by the use of hydraulic power; as, extruded metal, extruded rods, extruded shapes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. (Hinduism) supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. 1. To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grudge not one against another. James v. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

He eats his meat without grudging. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To feel compunction or grief. [ Obs. ] Bp. Fisher. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Grudger p. pr. & vb. n. Grudging. ] [ OE. grutchen, gruchen, grochen, to murmur, grumble, OF. grochier, grouchier, grocier, groucier; cf. Icel. krytja to murmur, krutr a murmur, or E. grunt. ] 1. To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tis not in thee To grudge my pleasures, to cut off my train. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not grudge us our employments. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

They have grudged us contribution. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hold or harbor with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Perish they
That grudge one thought against your majesty ! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Esau had conceived a mortal grudge and enmity against his brother Jacob. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

The feeling may not be envy; it may not be imbittered by a grudge. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Slight symptom of disease. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Our shaken monarchy, that now lies . . . struggling against the grudges of more dreaded calamities. Milton.

Syn. -- Pique; aversion; dislike; ill will; hatred; spite. See Pique. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of grudge; envious. “Grudgeful discontent.” Spenser.

n. One who grudges. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a grudging manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of grudging, or of being full of grudge or unwillingness. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. pl. [ Prob. from P. grugir to craunch; cf. D. gruizen to crush, grind, and E. grout. ] Coarse meal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the leeches. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. hirudo, hirudinis, a leech. ] (Zool.) An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any of a number of carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
Syn. -- leech, bloodsucker. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., a leech. ] (Zool.) A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. imprudentia: cf. F. imprudence. Cf. Improvidence. ] The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; also, an imprudent act; as, he was guilty of an imprudence. [ 1913 Webster ]

His serenity was interrupted, perhaps, by his own imprudence. Mickle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. imprudens; pref. im- not + prudens prudent: cf. F. imprudent. See Prudent, and cf. Improvident. ] Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper. -- Im*pru"dent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Her majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many of the ministers and readers. Strype. [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Indiscreet; injudicious; incautious; ill-advised; unwise; heedless; careless; rash; negligent. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. ineruditus. See In- not, and Erudite. ] Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. intrudere, intrusum; pref. in- in + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat. ] To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy wit wants edge
And manners, to intrude where I am graced. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Intruding. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To thrust or force (something) in or upon; especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as, to intrude one's presence into a conference; to intrude one's opinions upon another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To enter by force; to invade. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Why should the worm intrude the maiden bud? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.

Syn. -- To obtrude; encroach; infringe; intrench; trespass. See Obtrude. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. (Geol.) Same as Intrusive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were all strangers and intruders. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: A person who enters a private residence or place of business with the intention to perform a criminal act; as, killed by an intruder. [ PJC ]

n. A female intruder. [ 1913 Webster ]