Rare /(râr)/

Rare

a.
  1. Early. [Obs.]
    Rude mechanicals that rare and late Work in the market place.

Rare

a.
  1. Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.
    New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care Turned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare.

Rare

a.
  1. Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event.
  2. Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found.
    Rare work, all filled with terror and delight.
    — Cowley.
    Above the rest I judge one beauty rare.
  3. Thinly scattered; dispersed.
    Those rare and solitary, these in flocks.
  4. Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations.
    Water is nineteen times lighter, and by consequence nineteen times rarer, than gold.
    A perfect union of wit and judgment is one of the rarest things in the world.
    When any particular piece of money grew very scarce, it was often recoined by a succeeding emperor.