raw
/ɹɔ/ noun C2- An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
- A galled place; an inveterate sore.
- A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.
- Unadulterated narcotics, especially crack cocaine
- A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.
- A scan that has not been cleaned (purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process) and has not been scanlated.
Plural raws
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It was the end of November, and Holmes and I sat, upon a raw and foggy night, on either side of a blazing fire in our sitting-room in Baker Street.
The prospect of an interview with Lord Roberts would not have excited greater wonder and pleasure in a raw subaltern than was now reflected upon the face of Mr.
“Damp and raw.”
I was still rather raw over the deception which had been practised upon me, but the warmth of Holmes’s praise drove my anger from my mind.
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