ppl. a. [UN-1 8. Cf. Du. ongekookt, G. ungekocht, Sw. okokt, Da. ukogt.]

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  1.  Not cooked for eating.

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[1775.  Ash.]

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1846.  Soyer, Cookery, 381. Half a pound of lean uncooked ham.

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1856.  Kane, Arct. Expl., II. i. 21. Fire would ruin the … vitality which belongs to its uncooked juices.

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1870.  N. F. Hele, Aldeburgh, vii. 78. They would eat freely of birds and uncooked liver.

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  2.  fig. Not altered to suit a purpose.

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1860.  Gen. P. Thompson, Audi Alt., III. clxxx. 223. The earliest reports … (which are always most to be depended on, as being un-cooked).

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1865.  Buckstone, in Morn. Star, 13 April. We always present an uncooked balance-sheet.

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