Hypertext Webster Gateway: "raw"
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Raw \Raw\, n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
raw
adj 1: (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed
condition; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw
wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: {natural},
{raw(a)}, {rude(a)}]
2: having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
3: not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant: {cooked}]
4: not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
5: devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and
pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone
someday with your raw power" [syn: {naked}]
6: brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his
friends"; "a raw deal"
7: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw
cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"
[syn: {crude}]
8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
9: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
Atlantic" [syn: {bleak}, {cutting}]
10: inflamed and painful; "his throat was raw"; "had a sore
throat" [syn: {sore}]
11: used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: {raw(a)}, {unsanded}]
12: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to
fight"; "raw recruits"; "he was still wet behind the ears
when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel" [syn: {new},
{wet behind the ears(p)}]
13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: {bare-assed}, {bare-ass},
{in the altogether}, {in the buff}, {in the raw}, {peeled},
{naked as a jaybird}, {stark naked}]
n : informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: {altogether}, {birthday
suit}]
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