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Webster 1913 Edition

Raw

Raw

(ra̤)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Rawer
(ra̤′ẽr)
;
sup
erl.
Rawest
.]
[AS.
hreáw
; akin to D.
raauw
, LG.
rau
, G.
roh
, OHG.
rō
, Icel.
hrār
, Dan.
raa
, Sw.
rå
, L.
crudus
, Gr.
κρέασ
flesh, Skr.
kravis
raw flesh. √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 skull all raw.”
Spenser
(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; bleak;
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

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Raw

RAW

,
Adj.
[L. crudus, rodo.]
1.
Not altered from its natural state; not roasted, boiled or cooked; not subdued by heat; as raw meat.
2.
Not covered with skin; bare, as flesh.
If there is quick raw flesh in the risings, it is an old leprosy. Lev. 13.
3.
sore.
And all his sinews waxen weak and raw through long imprisonment.
4.
Immature; unripe; not concocted.
5.
Not altered by heat; not cooked or dressed; being in its natural state; as raw fruit.
6.
Unseasoned; unexperienced; unripe in skill; as people while young and raw.
so we say, raw troops; and new seamen are called raw hands.
7.
New; untried; as a raw trick.
8.
Bleak; chilly; cold, or rather cold and damp; as a raw day; a raw cold climate.
Once upon a raw and gusty day -
9.
Not distilled; as raw water. [Not used.]
10.
Not spun or twisted; as raw silk.
11.
Not mixed or adulterated; as raw spirits.
12.
Bare of flesh.
13.
Not tried or melted and strained; as raw tallow.
14.
Not tanned; as raw hides.

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