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raw
Untouched. Original. Contrast with "processed" or "cooked." See raw data and native capacity. See also RAW file.
raw
1. (of the skin, a wound, etc.) having the surface exposed or abraded, esp painfully
2. (of spirits) undiluted
3. (of the weather) harshly cold and damp
raw [rȯ]
(meteorology)
Colloquially descriptive of uncomfortably cold weather, usually meaning cold and damp, but sometimes cold and windy.
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"That,' said the Buzzard to his mate, "is the distinguished author of that glorious fable, 'The Ostrich and the Keg of Raw Nails.
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At such an insult from a raw peasant I lost my temper, and called him a fool; to which he retorted in a similar vein.
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He saw the blaze of the fire, Kloo- kooch cooking, and Grey Beaver squatting on his hams and mumbling a chunk of raw tallow.
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