cruels

pl. See crewels. cruelty (krö'el-ti), n.; n.; pl. cruelties (-tiz). [ There is a cruelty which springs from callousne and brutality, and there is the cruelty of vindictivene . Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 140. 2. A cruel act; a barbarous deed; specifically, in law, an act inflicting severe pain and done with wilfulne and malice. Cruelties worthy of the dungeons of the Inquisition. Macaulay. During the wars just before the reformation, especially those of the French invasions of Italy, the cruelties of war seemed to revive, and the religious animosities of the cen tury and a half afterwards did not extinguish them. Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, § 128. 3t. Harshne or strength of physical impres sion; strength as of a smell. And whenne the moone is downe also thai telle noo Hem [them, sc. garlic) if me so we, and pulle hem uppe also, Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 210. =Syn. Inhumanity, barbarity, savagene , ferocity, bru. tality. cruentatet (krö'en-tāt), a. [L. cruentatus, pp. of cruentare, make bloody, IMG:content-1722.png:[blocks in formation]