Category:Raw

Raw, a. [compar rawer; superl. Rawest.] Etym: [as. hreáw; akin to d. Raauw, lg. rau, g. roh, ohg. ro, icel. hrar, dan. raa, sw. rå, l. Crudus, gr. kre`as flesh, skr. kravis raw flesh. sq. root18. 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 scull all raw." Spencer (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; 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.

Raw Raw, n.

Defn: 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.