Raw , n. A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on
the raw.
Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw.
De
Quincey.
Raw (r&add;),
a. [Compar.
Rawer (-&etilde;r); superl.
Rawest.]
[AS. hreáw; akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G.
roh, OHG. rō, Icel. hrār, Dan. raa, Sw. rå, L. crudus, Gr.
kre`as flesh, Skr.
kravis raw flesh.
√18. Cf. Crude, Cruel.] 1. Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of
heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked;
not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as,
raw meat.
2. Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.
Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude.
De Quincey. 3. Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought. Specifically: (a) Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.] Bacon. (b)
Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton. (c)
Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits.
(d) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow. (e)
Not tanned; as, raw hides. (f) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the
raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.
4. Not covered; bare. Specifically: (a) Bald. [Obs.]
"With skull all raw." Spenser
(b) Deprived of
skin; galled; as, a raw sore. (c)
Sore, as if by being
galled.
And all his sinews waxen weak and raw
Through long imprisonment.
Spenser.
5. Disagreeably damp or cold;
chilly; bleak; as, a raw
wind. "A raw and gusty day." Shak.
Raw material,
material that has not been
subjected to a (specified) process of manufacture; as, ore is the raw material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of the shoe industry. -- Raw pig, cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace.
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