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Webster 1913 Edition


Rareness

Rare′ness

,
Noun.
The state or quality of being rare.
And let the
rareness
the small gift commend.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rareness

RA'RENESS

, n.
1.
The state of being uncommon; uncommonness; infrequency.
And let the rareness the small gift commend.
2.
Value arising from scarcity.
3.
Thinness; tenuity; as the rareness of air or vapor.
4.
Distance from each other; thinness.