Raw a. [Compar. Rawer superl. Rawest.]
 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. 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. Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought. Specifically: (a) Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.] --Bacon. (b) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton. (c) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits. (d) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow. (e) Not tanned; as, raw hides. (f) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.
 4. Not covered; bare. Specifically: (a) Bald. [Obs.] “With skull all raw.”  --Spenser (b) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore. (c) Sore, as if by being galled.
 And all his sinews waxen weak and raw
 Through long imprisonment.   --Spenser.
 5. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind. “A raw and gusty day.”
 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.