Rare

Definition of Rare

Pronunciation: râr´ẽr

a.	1.	Early. Rude mechanicals that rare and late Work in the market place. - Chapman.
	1.	Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton. New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care Turned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare. - Dryden.
	1.	Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event.
	2.	Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found. Rare work, all filled with terror and delight. - Cowley. Above the rest I judge one beauty rare. - Dryden.
	3.	Thinly scattered; dispersed. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. - Milton.
	4.	Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations. Water is nineteen times lighter, and by consequence nineteen times rarer, than gold. - Sir I. Newton. A perfect union of wit and judgment is one of the rarest things in the world. - Burke. When any particular piece of money grew very scarce, it was often recoined by a succeeding emperor. - Addison.

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