n. A grayish to pale yellow or light grayish-yellowish brown. [French écru, raw, unbleached, from Old French escru : es-, intensive pref. (from Latin ex-; see EX-) + cru, raw (from Latin crūdus; see kreuə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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