RAWER
Adjective
rawer
comparative form of raw
Anagrams
• warre
Source: Wiktionary
RAW
Raw, a. [Compar Rawer; superl. Rawest.] Etym: [AS. hreáw; akin to D.
raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. ro, Icel. hrar, Dan. raa, Sw. rå, L.
crudus, Gr. kre`as flesh, Skr. kravis raw flesh. sq. root18. 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.
Raw, n.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition