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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAW'NESS, n.
1. The state of being raw; uncooked; unaltered by heat; as the rawness of flesh.
2. Unskillfulness; state of being inexperienced; as the rawness of seamen or troops.
3. Hasty manner. [Not legitimate.]
4. Chilliness with dampness.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a chilly dampness; "the rawness of the midnight air"
2: the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect; "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"; "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable" [syn: incompleteness, rawness] [ant: completeness]
3: a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on" [syn: tenderness, soreness, rawness]
4: lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops" [syn: inexperience, rawness] [ant: experience]

Merriam Webster's

noun see raw I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rawness Raw"ness, n. The quality or state of being raw.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Unskilfulness, inexperience. 2. Chilliness, dampness, bleakness.