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Raw

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To touch one on the raw. To mention something that makes a person wince, like touching a horse on a raw place in cleaning him.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ratatosk
Ratten (To)
Rattlin (Jack)
Raul
Ravana
Ravelin (The) or demi-lune
Raven
Ravenglass (Cumberland)
Ravenstone
Ravenswood (Allan, Lord of)
Raw
Raw Lobster (A)
Rawhead and Bloody-Bones
Raymond (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Rayne (or Raine (Essex)
Razed Shoes
Razee (raz-za)
Razor
Razzia
Re (Latin)
Reach