crucial (ci as shi)

[Fr. crucial, from Lat. crux (gen it. crucis)=a cro , and Lat. suff. -alis; Eng. suff. -al. ] I. Ordinary Language : *1. Lit .: In the form of a cro . "Whoever has seen the practice of the crucial incision, must be sensible of the false reasoning used in its favor." -Sharp . IMG:content-1433.png:[blocks in formation] from crucio=to crucify, and crux =a cro .] A crucifier. IMG:content-1434.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1435.png:[blocks in formation] I. Lit .: In the same sense as B. 1. II. Figuratively : crû-çi-fer, s . [Lat. the cro -bearer, from crux (gen it. crucis ) = a cro , and fero =to bear.] Botany : 1. Sing .: A plant of the order Cruciferae. 2. Pl . ( Crucifers ): The name given by Lindley to his order Bra icaceae, by many called Cruciferae (q. v.). crû-çif-er-æ, s. pl . [Lat. crux (gen it.crucis) = a cro , and fero to bear. So named because the petals of the flowers are four in number, and ar- ranged cro wise. ( Hooker .) ] he appends the English name Crucifers. [BRASSI- CACEE.] crû-çi-fi-er, *crû-çỹ-fy-er, s. [Eng. crucify; -er.] One who puts another to death by crucifixion. "For hys crucufyers mekely he preyd." Robert de Brunne: Meditations , 710. crû-çi-fix, 8. [Fr., from Lat. crucifix us , pa. par. of crucifigo =to crucify (q. v.); Ital. crucifi o .] 1. Lit .: A cro or figure of a cro , having on it a figure of Christ crucified. "There stands at the upper end of it a large crucifts, very much esteemed. The figure of our Savior represents him in his last agonies of death."- Add is on : Travels in Its use began about the fourth and became general about the eighth century. *2. Fig .: The cro or religion of Christ. *crû-çi-fix, v. t. [CRUCIFIX, 8.] To crucify. 'Who mockt, beat, banisht, buried, crucifixt , For our foule sins," Sylvester: Du Bartas, 1,082. (Latham.) crû-çi-fix'-ion (xion as xshun), s. [Fr. cruci- cifi ione , crucifi ione , all from Lat. Cruz (gen it. fixion ; Sp. crucifixion ; Port. crucifixão ; Ital. cro- crucis)=a cro , and figo , fix i , fixum =to fix, to fasten, drive in, attach.] IMG:content-1436.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1437.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1438.png:[blocks in formation] "It does me good to think how I shall conjure him, And crucify his crabbedne ." Beaum, & Fletch .: Pilgrim . those of the verb. A. As pr . par. & adj .: In senses corresponding to IMG:content-1439.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1440.png:[blocks in formation] "John Hu , for the crude delivery of this truth, was sentenced by the council of Con stance."- Bp . Taylor , pt. i., ser. 6. B. Fine Arts , .: Coarse, rough, unfinished. "No architect took greater care than he [Vanbrugh] that his work should not appear crude and hard: that is, Chat it did not abruptly start out of the ground without expectation or preparation."- Sir Joshua Reynolds , Dis. 13. *crû-děl'-i-tě, *cru-del-i-tie, s. [Fr. crudelité , from Lat. crudelitatem , acc. of crude litas =cruelty.] Cruelty, an act of cruelty. " the mortal weir is, crude lites , depredatiounis, and in toller a bill iniuris done be our auld enemeis of In gland," .- Acts Mary , 1548 (ed. 1814), p. 481. crûde'-lý, adv . [Eng. crude; -ly.] In a crude, undigested, or immaturely considered manner; without prop or consideration or preparation. "The question crudely put, to shun delay, 'Twas carried by the major part to stay." Dryden: Hind and Panther, iii. 525.