CRASSE
\kɹˈas], \kɹˈas], \k_ɹ_ˈa_s]\
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(F.) Dirt of impurity. A sort of layer or enduit, which covers the skin, where cleanliness is not attended to: and which is sometimes the result of the cutaneous exhalation; at others, of extraneous matter adhering to the surface of the body.
By Robley Dunglison
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