KJV Dictionary - rare
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RARE
RARE, a. L. rarus, thin.
1. Uncommon; not frequent; as a rare event; a rare phenomenon.
2. Unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found.
Rare work, all fill'd with terror and delight.
Above the rest I judge one beauty rare.
3. Thinly scattered.
4. Thin; porous; not dense; as a rare and attenuate substance.
Water is nineteen times lighter and by consequence nineteen times rarer than gold.
5. Nearly raw; imperfectly roasted or boiled; as rare beef or mutton; eggs roasted rare.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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