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

  Rare \Rare\, a. [Compar. {Rarer} (r[^a]r"[~e]r); superl.
     {Rarest}.] [Cf. AS. hr[=e]r, or E. rare early. [root]18.]
     Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked;
     underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.
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           New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care
           Turned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare. --Dryden.
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     Note: This word is in common use in the United States, but in
           England its synonym {underdone} is preferred.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rare \Rare\, a. [Compar. {Rarer} (r[^a]r"[~e]r); superl.
     {Rarest}.] [F., fr. L. rarus thin, rare.]
     1. Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a
        rare event.
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     2. Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a
        degree seldom found.
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              Rare work, all filled with terror and delight.
                                                    --Cowley.
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              Above the rest I judge one beauty rare. --Dryden.
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     3. Thinly scattered; dispersed.
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              Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. --Milton.
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     4. Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose
        texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere
        at high elevations.
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              Water is nineteen times lighter, and by consequence
              nineteen times rarer, than gold.      --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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     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.
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                  A perfect union of wit and judgment is one of
                  the rarest things in the world.   --Burke.
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                  When any particular piece of money grew very
                  scarce, it was often recoined by a succeeding
                  emperor.                          --Addison.
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