nearly raw

It should be given nearly raw, and is best prepared by placing it in boiling water for two minutes.

They hauled out the food, slightly the worse for squirrels; they cooked the bacon, eating it nearly raw, with hunks of bread.

The lovely "steek" with the gravy in it—that is to say, nearly raw—was now ready, and father and son adjourned to the next room.

One of the men was severely affected, the whole side of his face being nearly raw.

The fish was overdone on one side, and nearly raw on the other; so her ladyship could not eat that.