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   Raw (ra̤), a. [Compar. Rawer (ra̤ˈẽr); superl. 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”.
   
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   2. Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, “raw soldiers; a raw recruit.”
   
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   Approved himself to the raw judgment of the multitude. De Quincey.
   
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   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”.
   
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   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.
   
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   And all his sinews waxen weak and raw
   
   Through long imprisonment. Spenser.
   
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   5. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, “a raw wind”. “A raw and gusty day.”  Shak.
   
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   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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   Raw, n. A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, “to touch one on the raw”.
   
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   Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw. De Quincey.
   
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