Raw
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( superl.) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
(2): ( superl.) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.
(3): ( superl.) Not tanned; as, raw hides
(4): ( superl.) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow
(5): ( superl.) Bald.
(6): ( superl.) Not covered; bare.
(7): ( superl.) Not distilled; as, raw water
(8): ( superl.) Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.
(9): ( superl.) Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.
(10): ( superl.) 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.
(11): ( superl.) Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
(12): ( n.) A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.
(13): ( superl.) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits
(14): ( superl.) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton
(15): ( superl.) Sore, as if by being galled.
King James Dictionary [2]
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 .
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.
