[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rare \rare\, a. compar. rarer r^ar"~er; superl.
   rarest. cf. as. hr=er, or e. rare early. root18.
   nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked;
   underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.
   1913 webster

         new-laid eggs, which baucis' busy care
         turned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare. --dryden.
   1913 webster

   note: this word is in common use in the united states, but in
         england its synonym underdone is preferred.
         1913 webster
see also:
rarer rarest underdone 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rare \rare\, a. compar. rarer r^ar"~er; superl.
   rarest. f., fr. l. rarus thin, rare.
   1. not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a
      rare event.
      1913 webster

   2. of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a
      degree seldom found.
      1913 webster

            rare work, all filled with terror and delight.
                                                  --cowley.
      1913 webster

            above the rest i judge one beauty rare. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. thinly scattered; dispersed.
      1913 webster

            those rare and solitary, these in flocks. --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose
      texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere
      at high elevations.
      1913 webster

            water is nineteen times lighter, and by consequence
            nineteen times rarer, than gold.      --sir i.
                                                  newton.
      1913 webster

   syn: scarce; infrequent; unusual; uncommon; singular;
        extraordinary; incomparable.

   usage: rare, scarce. we call a thing rare when but few
          examples, specimens, or instances of it are ever to be
          met with; as, a rare plant. we speak of a thing as
          scarce, which, though usually abundant, is for the
          time being to be had only in diminished quantities;
          as, a bad harvest makes corn scarce.
          1913 webster

                a perfect union of wit and judgment is one of
                the rarest things in the world.   --burke.
          1913 webster

                when any particular piece of money grew very
                scarce, it was often recoined by a succeeding
                emperor.                          --addison.
          1913 webster
see also:
rarer rarest rare scarce 

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