† crassyadj.
Obsolete.
a. = crass adj., coarse, thick.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective]
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fastOE
sada1375
massya1382
sounda1387
massya1398
corpulent1398
grossa1475
tight1513
massive1526
spiss?1527
solid?1533
thight1539
solidate1542
crass1545
bodily1557
spissy1570
dense1599
consolid1613
materiate1626
crassy1630
cakey1705
rocky1825
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > [adjective] > thick
thickc888
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tun-greatc1405
crassy1630
junky1825
1630 J. Taylor Goose in Wks. i. 108/2 Geometry would lose the Altitude, The crassie Longitude and Latitude.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xvi. 109 They take off the scumme or crassy part.
b. Sordid, dirty, greasy; = French crasseux.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > fatty or greasy
fatc1000
fattya1398
tallowyc1440
seamya1529
tallowish1552
smeary1582
fattish1589
greasy1592
pinguedinous1599
enseamed1604
pingui-substance1621
pinguid1635
axungious1658
pinguious1705
sevous1726
suety1730
sebaceous1783
pinguitudinous1827
crassy1858
1858 G. A. Sala Journey due North 80 A miserable moujik in a crassy sheepskin.
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