Rudiment

Rudiment (rudiment)
n.	(?)
Ru"di*ment
[L. rudimentum, fr. rudis unwrought, ignorant, rude: cf. F. rudiment. See Rude.]

That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning.

but I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit
Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes
The monarchies of the earth. Milton.

the single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape. I. Taylor.

Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step.

This boy is forest-born,
And hath been tutored in the rudiments
of many desperate studies. Shak.

There he shall first lay down the rudiments
Of his great warfare. Milton.

An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.

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The dictionary's 1913 edition of the 1900 International, renamed Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, has in modern times been used in various free online resources, as its copyright lapsed and it became public domain.
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