RAW

Definitions

1. 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. 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. 3. Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought. Specifically:
4. 4. Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.] Bacon.
5. 5. Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton.
6. 6. Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits.
7. 7. Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow.
8. 8. Not tanned; as, raw hides.
9. 9. Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.
10. 10. Not covered; bare. Specifically:
11. 11. Bald. [Obs.] "With scull all raw." Spencer
12. 12. Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
13. 13. Sore, as if by being galled. And all his sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment. Spenser.
14. 14. 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.