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raw (adj.) Old form(s): rawe
unrefined, unskilled, unpolished
AYL III.ii.68[Touchstone to Corin] God make incision in thee, thou art raw! [i.e. improve you through (possible readings:) grafting, surgery, salting]
Ham V.ii.122[Hamlet to Osrick, of Laertes] Why do we wrap the gentleman in our more rawer breath?
MV III.iv.77[Portia to Nerissa, of men] I have ... / A thousand raw tricks of these bragging Jacks
Per IV.ii.51[Pander to Bawd, of Marina] Instruct her ... that she may not be raw in her entertainment
R2 II.iii.42[Percy to Bolingbroke] I tender you my service, / Such as it is, being tender, raw, and young
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