/ˈkɹuː.ə(ɹ)/
OriginBorrowed from Latin cruor (“blood”). See crude.
- obsolete, uncountableThe colouring matter of the blood.
- uncountableThe clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the colouring matter; gore.
“The boy is pinched and bled, heated and cooled, sprinkled with powders, spread with salves and a gritty mucilage of peony seeds and cat’s cruor.”