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rafty, a. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈrɑːftɪ, -æ-|
1. Damp, musty, muggy, raw.
1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. i. 280 Things kept in a rafty muggish Room, subject them to mould. 1658J. Robinson Endoxa 146 The Occidental mansions are, by their moisture, rafty. 1787Marshall E. Norfolk (1795) II. Gloss., Rafty, damp and musty; as corn or hay in a wet season. 1893Essex Rev. II. 126 A rafty morning is still well understood in North Essex as meaning a raw morning.
2. Stale, rancid (usually said of bacon).
a1722Lisle Husb. (1752) 347 Shred rafty bacon into it [milk]. 1874Jefferies Labourer's Daily Life in Toilers of Field (1893) 95 The small bit of fat and rafty bacon. |