The waste in preparing it for use is large, requiring four pounds of the crude article as it comes from the nest to make one pound of the cleansed, merchantable down.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
We had shaped crude weapons.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
We had no steel traps, and with its usual craft the fox usually managed to evade our crude weapons by keeping out of sight.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook