A macrolide secreted by the myxobacterium Byssovorax cruenta.

Obsolete spelling of cruel

Obsolete spelling of crewel

simple past tense and past participle of cruel

present participle of cruel

(obsolete) Smeared with blood.

Obsolete form of cruelty.

Obsolete form of cruelty.

(obsolete) bloody; cruentate

The bleeding on the corpse of a murder victim, which was superstitiously believed to occur spontaneously in the presence of the murderer.