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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raw  \Raw\,  a.  [Compar  {Rawer};  superl.  {Rawest}.]  [AS.  hre['a]w; 
  akin  to  D.  raauw  LG  rau,  G.  roh,  OHG.  r[=o],  Icel.  hr[=a]r, 
  Dan.  raa,  Sw  r[*a],  L.  crudus  Gr  kre`as  flesh,  Skr.  kravis 
  raw  flesh.  [root]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  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.




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