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adjective

Raw adj. (compar. rawer; superl. rawest)

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."

3.

Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought. Specifically:

(a)

Not distilled; as, raw water. (Obs.)

(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."

(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."

5.

Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind. "A raw and gusty day."

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.

noun

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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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