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rare

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rare  \Rare\,  a.  [Compar.  {Rarer};  superl.  {Rarest}.]  [Cf.  AS 
  hr[=e]r,  or  E.  rare  early.] 
  Nearly  raw;  partially  cooked;  not  thoroughly  cooked; 
  underdone;  as  rare  beef  or  mutton. 
 
  New-laid  eggs,  which  Baucis'  busy  care  Turned  by  a 
  gentle  fire,  and  roasted  rare  --Dryden. 
 
  Note:  This  word  is  in  common  use  in  the  United  States,  but  in 
  England  its  synonym  underdone  is  preferred. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rare  \Rare\,  a.  [Compar.  {Rarer};  superl.  {Rarest}.]  [F.,  fr  L. 
  rarus  thin,  rare.] 
  1.  Not  frequent;  seldom  met  with  or  occurring;  unusual;  as  a 
  rare  event. 
 
  2.  Of  an  uncommon  nature;  unusually  excellent;  valuable  to  a 
  degree  seldom  found 
 
  Rare  work  all  filled  with  terror  and  delight. 
  --Cowley. 
 
  Above  the  rest  I  judge  one  beauty  rare  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  Thinly  scattered;  dispersed. 
 
  Those  rare  and  solitary,  three  in  flocks.  --Milton. 
 
  4.  Characterized  by  wide  separation  of  parts  of  loose 
  texture;  not  thick  or  dense;  thin;  as  a  rare  atmosphere 
  at  high  elevations. 
 
  Water  is  nineteen  times  lighter,  and  by  consequence 
  nineteen  times  rarer,  than  gold.  --Sir  I. 
  Newton. 
 
  Syn:  Scarce;  infrequent;  unusual;  uncommon;  singular; 
  extraordinary;  incomparable. 
 
  Usage:  {Rare},  {Scarce}.  We  call  a  thing  rare  when  but  few 
  examples,  specimens,  or  instances  of  it  are  ever  to  be 
  met  with  as  a  rare  plant.  We  speak  of  a  thing  as 
  scarce,  which  though  usually  abundant,  is  for  the 
  time  being  to  be  had  only  in  diminished  quantities; 
  as  a  bad  harvest  makes  corn  scarce. 
 
  A  perfect  union  of  wit  and  judgment  is  one  of 
  the  rarest  things  in  the  world.  --Burke. 
 
  When  any  particular  piece  of  money  grew  very 
  scarce,  it  was  often  recoined  by  a  succeeding 
  emperor.  --Addison. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rare  \Rare\  (r[^a]r),  a.  [Cf.  {Rather},  {Rath}.] 
  Early.  [Obs.] 
 
  Rude  mechanicals  that  rare  and  late  Work  in  the  market 
  place  --Chapman. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rare 
  adj  1:  not  widely  known  especially  valued  for  its  uncommonness;  "a 
  rare  word";  "rare  books" 
  2:  recurring  only  at  long  intervals;  "a  rare  appearance"; 
  "total  eclipses  are  rare  events" 
  3:  not  widely  distributed;  "rare  herbs";  "rare  patches  of  gree 
  in  the  desert" 
  4:  having  low  density;  "rare  gasses";  "lightheaded  from  the 
  rarefied  mountain  air"  [syn:  {rarefied},  {rarified}] 
  5:  marked  by  an  uncommon  quality;  especially  superlative  or 
  extreme  of  its  kind  "what  is  so  rare  as  a  day  in 
  June"-J.R.Lowell;  "a  rare  skill";  "an  uncommon  sense  of 
  humor";  "she  was  kind  to  an  uncommon  degree"  [syn:  {uncommon}] 
  6:  (of  meat)  cooked  a  short  time;  still  red  inside;  "rare  roast 
  beef" 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  RARE 
 
  {Réseaux  Associés  pour  la  Recherche  Européenne} 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  RARE 
  Reseaux  Associes  pour  la  Recherche  Europeenne  (org.)




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