Defn: The quality or state of being raw.
RAY
Ray, v. t. Etym: [An aphetic form of array; cf. Beray.]
1. To array. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
2. To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile. [Obs.] "The fifth that did it ray." Spenser.
RAY
Ray, n.
Defn: Array; order; arrangement; dress. [Obs.]
And spoiling all her gears and goodly ray. Spenser.
RAY Ray, n. Etym: [OF. rai, F. rais, fr. L. radius a beam or ray, staff, rod, spoke of a wheel. Cf. Radius.]
1. One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A radiating part of the flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius.