ppl. a. [UN-1 8. Cf. Du. ongekookt, G. ungekocht, Sw. okokt, Da. ukogt.]
1. Not cooked for eating.
[1775. Ash.]
1846. Soyer, Cookery, 381. Half a pound of lean uncooked ham.
1856. Kane, Arct. Expl., II. i. 21. Fire would ruin the vitality which belongs to its uncooked juices.
1870. N. F. Hele, Aldeburgh, vii. 78. They would eat freely of birds and uncooked liver.
2. fig. Not altered to suit a purpose.
1860. Gen. P. Thompson, Audi Alt., III. clxxx. 223. The earliest reports (which are always most to be depended on, as being un-cooked).
1865. Buckstone, in Morn. Star, 13 April. We always present an uncooked balance-sheet.