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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAW, a. [L. 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.
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, a. Having little flesh on the bones.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw, rude]
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, raw]
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, raw]
8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
9: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive, sore, raw, tender]
10: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw]
11: used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: raw, unsanded]
12: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: raw, new]
13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked] n
1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw, altogether, birthday suit]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (rawer; rawest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hr?aw; akin to Old High German hr? raw, Latin crudus raw, cruor blood, Greek kreas flesh Date: before 12th century 1. not cooked 2. a. (1) being in or nearly in the natural state ; not processed or purified <raw fibers> <raw sewage> (2) not diluted or blended <raw spirits> b. unprepared or imperfectly prepared for use c. not being in polished, finished, or processed form <raw data> <a raw draft of a thesis> 3. a. (1) having the surface abraded or chafed (2) very irritated <a raw sore throat> b. lacking covering ; naked c. not protected ; susceptible to hurt <raw emotions> 4. a. lacking experience or understanding ; green <a raw recruit> b. (1) marked by absence of refinements (2) vulgar, coarse <raw language> c. not tempered ; unbridled <raw power> 5. disagreeably damp or cold <a raw winter day> Synonyms: see rude • rawly adverb • rawness noun II. noun Date: 1823 a raw place or state

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of food) uncooked. 2 in the natural state; not processed or manufactured (raw sewage). 3 (of alcoholic spirit) undiluted. 4 (of statistics etc.) not analysed or processed. 5 (of a person) inexperienced, untrained; new to an activity (raw recruits). 6 a stripped of skin; having the flesh exposed. b sensitive to the touch from having the flesh exposed. 7 (of the atmosphere, day, etc.) chilly and damp. 8 crude in artistic quality; lacking finish. 9 (of the edge of cloth) without hem or selvage. 10 (of silk) as reeled from cocoons. 11 (of grain) unmalted. --n. a raw place on a person's or horse's body. Phrases and idioms: come the raw prawn Austral. sl. attempt to deceive. in the raw 1 in its natural state without mitigation (life in the raw). 2 naked. raw-boned gaunt and bony. raw deal harsh or unfair treatment. raw material that from which the process of manufacture makes products. raw sienna a brownish-yellow ferruginous earth used as a pigment. raw umber umber in its natural state, dark yellow in colour. touch on the raw upset (a person) on a sensitive matter. Derivatives: rawish adj. rawly adv. rawness n. Etymology: OE hreaw f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rawer, rawest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Raw materials or substances are in their natural state before being processed or used in manufacturing. We import raw materials and energy and export mainly industrial products. ...two ships carrying raw sugar from Cuba. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. Raw food is food that is eaten uncooked, that has not yet been cooked, or that has not been cooked enough. ...a popular dish made of raw fish... This versatile vegetable can be eaten raw or cooked... ADJ 3. If a part of your body is raw, it is red and painful, perhaps because the skin has come off or has been burnt. ...the drag of the rope against the raw flesh of my shoulders... ADJ 4. Raw emotions are strong basic feelings or responses which are not weakened by other influences. Her grief was still raw and he did not know how to help her. ADJ: usu ADJ n 5. If you describe something as raw, you mean that it is simple, powerful, and real. ...the raw power of instinct. ADJ: usu ADJ n 6. Raw data is facts or information that has not yet been sorted, analysed, or prepared for use. Analyses were conducted on the raw data. ADJ: usu ADJ n 7. If you describe someone in a new job as raw, or as a raw recruit, you mean that they lack experience in that job. ...replacing experienced men with raw recruits... = inexperienced ? experienced ADJ: usu ADJ n 8. Raw weather feels unpleasantly cold. ...a raw December morning. = bitter ADJ 9. Raw sewage is sewage that has not been treated to make it cleaner. ...contamination of bathing water by raw sewage. = untreated ADJ: ADJ n 10. If you say that you are getting a raw deal, you mean that you are being treated unfairly. (INFORMAL) I think women have a raw deal. ? a fair deal PHRASE: v PHR 11. to touch a raw nerve: see nerve

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Uncooked. 2. Inexperienced, unskilled, unskilful, unprepared, green in experience, unseasoned, fresh, unpractised, untired. 3. Immature, unripe, green, unfinished, crude. 4. Cold, bleak, chilly, damp, piercing. 5. Unmanufactured, in the natural state, crude. 6. Bare, sore, sensitive, galled.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	RAW
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ACE
FAA District	NONE
State	MO
State	MISSOURI
County	BENTON
County State	MO
City Name	WARSAW
Full Name	WARSAW MUNI
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"WARSAW, MO 65355"
Elevation	936
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	KANSAS CITY
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	06
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	N
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	010
Air Taxi	000120
General Aviation, Local Operations	001276
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	002552
Military Aircraft Operations	000100
Latitude	38.3468888889
Longitude	-93.3454250000
State FIPS code	29
State Postal Code	MO
Version	09

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