raw

RAW, adjective [Latin 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. Leviticus 13:10. 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. RAW'-BONED, adjective Having little flesh on the bones.