A plighted garment of divers colors.        --Milton.

   He was but rude in the profession of arms.  --Sir H.
                                               Wotton.
   the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.   --Gray.
   (c) Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh;
       severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the
       like; as, the rude winter.
             [Clouds] pushed with winds, rude in their shock.
                                               --Milton.
             The rude agitation [of water] breaks it into
             foam.                             --Boyle.
   (d) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war,
       conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies.
   (e) Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking
       chasteness or elegance; not in good taste;
       unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of
       literature, language, style, and the like. ``The rude
       Irish books.'' --Spenser.
             Rude am I in my speech.           --Shak.
             Unblemished by my rude translation. --Dryden.
Syn: Impertinent; rough; uneven; shapeless; unfashioned;
     rugged; artless; unpolished; uncouth; inelegant; rustic;
     coarse; vulgar; clownish; raw; unskillful; untaught;
     illiterate; ignorant; uncivil; impolite; saucy;
     impudent; insolent; surly; currish; churlish; brutal;
     uncivilized; barbarous; savage; violent; fierce;
     tumultuous; turbulent; impetuous; boisterous; harsh;
     inclement; severe. See {Impertiment}. -- {Rude"ly}, adv.
     -- {Rude"ness}, n.

2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.
Note: Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past
      participle. ``He . . . shall be mocked, and spitefully
      entreated, and spitted on.'' --Luke xviii. 32.