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RAW a. 15 definitions
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.
RAWBONE a.
Rawboned. [Obs.] Spencer.
RAWBONED a.
Having little flesh on the bones; gaunt. Shak.
RAWHEAD n.
A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones.
RAWHIDE n.
A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.
RAWISH a.
Somewhat raw. [R.] Marston.
RAWLY adv. 2 definitions
In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience.
RAWNESS n.
The quality or state of being raw.
AIR-DRAWN a.
Drawn in air; imaginary. This is the air-drawn dagger. Shak.
ASPRAWL adv.
Sprawling.
BEDSTRAW n. 2 definitions
Straw put into a bed. Bacon.
BESCRAWL v.
To cover with scrawls; to scribble over. Milton.
BRAW a. 2 definitions
Well-dressed; handsome; smart; brave; -- used of persons or their clothing, etc.; as, a braw lad. "A braw new gown." Burns.
BRAWL v. 4 definitions
uarrel noisily and outrageously. Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that brawleth openly with his wife. Golden Boke.
BRAWLER n.
One that brawls; wrangler. Common brawler (Law), one who disturbs a neighborhood by brawling (and is therefore indictable at common law as a nuisance). Wharton.
BRAWLING a. 2 definitions
Quarreling; quarrelsome; noisy. She is an irksome brawling scold. Shak.
BRAWLINGLY adv.
In a brawling manner.
BRAWN n. 4 definitions
A muscle; flesh. [Obs.] Formed well of brawns and of bones. Chaucer.
BRAWNED a.
Brawny; strong; muscular. [Obs.] Spenser.
BRAWNER n.
A boor killed for the table.
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