raisedadj.1
/reɪzd/, U.S. /reɪzd/ 1. Lifted up, moved to a higher position. Also figurative: elevated, exalted.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > elevated in position
raiseda1450
elevated1553
mounted1601
upmounted1616
pinnacled1863
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective]
higheOE
drightlikeOE
highlyOE
drightfula1225
prouda1275
principalc1385
solemna1387
gentlec1390
high and mighty1400
imperial?c1400
royalc1405
kinglyc1425
sublimatec1425
lordfulc1429
lordlyc1440
assumpt1447
raiseda1450
haught1470
kinglikec1485
lordlike1488
triumphant1494
greatlya1500
princely?a1510
supereminent1531
princelike1532
lofta1547
lofty1548
regal1561
supernal1562
haughty1563
excelse1569
queen-like?1571
majestical1578
erecteda1586
augustious1591
ennobled1592
imperious1592
enthronized1593
august1594
high-born1598
sublimed1602
jovial1604
majestic1606
enthroned1609
starred1615
exalted1623
majestuous1633
reared1638
sublimary1655
majestative1656
kingrik1663
superb1663
grand1673
celse1708
stilted1744
canonized1790
queenly1791
apotheosized1794
princified1857
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [adjective] > raised
rearedc1330
araisedc1340
loft14..
upraisedc1400
upreared1422
raiseda1450
uplentc1450
sublevate?1523
enhancedc1540
elevated1553
well-raised1575
elevate1598
extolled1608
exalteda1616
relevated1635
elatea1730
society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [adjective]
kindly1340
heroical?a1475
heroicc1550
high-set1597
fine1598
unbase1601
exalteda1616
noblea1616
spiritful1631
raised1662
high-toned1770
lofty1776
etherealized1846
upward1850
unsordid1857
high-tone1864
a1450 (?1348) R. Rolle Form of Living (Cambr.) in Eng. Writings (1931) 116 Contemplacion, þat es, als saynt Austyn says, ‘A gastely dede of fleschly affeccions, thorow þe joy of a raysed thoght’.
1625 T. Hawkins tr. Horace Odes (1638) i. i. 2 But let me stand a Lyrick mongst the rest, I'le strike the starry vault with raised crest.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xli. 122 From the Pismire..to the Monarch in the raised Throne.
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 342 Shall I, nones slave, of high borne, or rais'd men Feare frownes?
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. iii. §2 Such as are of more raised and inquisitive minds.
1765 G. Colman in tr. Terence Comedies Phormio 519 He here endeavours to vindicate himself by saying, that such a raised stile rather belonged to the province of Tragedy.
1792 H. Downman Belisarius iv. v, in Trag. 299 A woman's hand [should] Dash the raised shield aside.
1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iii. xi. 62 A stroke On my raised arm and naked head came down, Filling my eyes with blood.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 400 Between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way.
1904 W. M. Ramsay Lett. to Seven Churches xxvii. 394 A coiled serpent with raised head and protruding tongue.
1923 H. Ellis Dance of Life ii. 45 Salome holds a kind of castanets in her raised hands as she dances.
1954 Times 23 Feb. 2/7 There is a drawing of a man..walking on the seabottom..with a raised sword to cut holes in enemy ships.
2005 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 1 May ys7 The ducks, in raised barns, were not impacted by the spill.
2.
a. Increased in height or size; made larger, thicker, or more prominent; standing out. Earliest in raised work n. at Compounds.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > embroidered > other
broched?1510
raised1548
set-stitched1761
chikan1858
Strasbourg1871
Richelieu1878
rococo1879
Holbein1881
Hardanger1893
Mountmellick1893
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective]
steepc1000
tooting?c1225
strutting1387
prominent?1440
extant1540
eminent?1541
pouting1563
poking1566
out1576
egregious1578
promontory1579
out-pointed1585
buttinga1593
outjetting1598
perking1598
jettying1609
juttying1609
out-jutting1611
outstanding1611
upsticking1611
out-shooting1622
jutting1624
outgrowing1625
rank1625
toting1645
projectinga1652
porrected1653
protruded1654
protruding1654
upcast1658
protending1659
jettinga1661
raised1663
starting1680
emersed1686
exerted1697
projective1703
jet-out1709
exorbitant1715
sticking1715
foreright1736
poky1754
perked-up1779
salient1789
prouda1800
overdriven1812
extrusive1816
stand-up1818
shouldering1824
jutty1827
outflung1830
sticky-out1839
sticking-up1852
outreaching1853
protrusive1858
out-thrusting1869
stickout1884
protrudent1891
1497 A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 156 4 dossin of pannellis of rassit vark cost 3 grotis the stek.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ijv His iacket or cote of raised gold, the placard embrowdered with Diamondes Rubies, Emeraudes, great Pearles, and other riche Stones.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 4 Soom wights vpfloating on raisd sea wyth armor apeered.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Lombard Manche Lombarde, a stocke-sleeue; or fashion of halfe-sleeue, whose vpper part is raised, and full of plaits, or gathers.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders ii. 21 The Hearth of a Chimney ought to lie levell, without a border, raised hearths being dangerous.
1736 City & County Purchaser's & Builder's Dict. (ed. 3) Basso Relievo, in Masonery, Carving, Casting, etc. is the same as Low Relief..when the Work is low, flat, or little raised.
1779 Philos. Trans. 1778 68 127 The lime-water ooze penetrates raised leather.
1836 Penny Cycl. V. 240 The type required for printing in raised characters.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 416 Raised Embroidery..consisting of working raised flowers upon a flat foundation.
1929 Burlington Mag. Aug. 75 A running inscription in carved and raised lettering records the date of the erection and the name of the donor.
1975 M. Duffy Capital iii. 160 The piece of red ware..has a raised design on it of flowing animals and plants.
2000 C. Hanger World Food: Morocco 91 Along one side of this room there was a raised earth platform on which the fire was built.
b. North American. Of bread or similar baked goods: made with yeast, baking powder, or other raising agent.A seemingly earlier occurrence of this word (1805) cited from Pocumtuc Housewife in Dict. Amer. Eng. (1942) III. 1890/2 is spurious (see M. T. Wilson in Harvard Libr. Bull. (1980) 28 58–61).
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing pastry, biscuits, or cake > [adjective] > made with raising agent
raised1821
1821 R. Hare Dict. Chem. II. at Fermentation The flour of all those grains and roots which consist chiefly of starch are not capable of making raised bread.
1837 S. Coraham Treat. Bread & Bread-making 13 At how early a date, loaf or raised bread came into common use, it is impossible now to ascertain.
1889 R. T. Cooke Steadfast xvii. 189 Then it [sc. the election cake] wore only the style of ‘raised cake’.
1914 G. Atherton Perch of Devil i. 28 I've got fried chicken..and raised biscuit.
1937 E. K. Haines Cook Bk. xii. 360 Raised muffins..A good old-fashioned change from the modern quick muffin.
1992 Offshore Sept. 80/1 Jack edged past the table where lobstermen were enjoying a platter of raised doughnuts.
3.
a. Increased in amount or degree; intensified, heightened.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > loud or resonant > raised (of voice)
highlyOE
highOE
hautaina1375
raised1579
exalted1711
uplifted1828
elevated1829
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > intense
strongOE
richc1330
finea1387
stark1547
deep1555
full1599
saturate1669
generous1710
lush1744
saturated1791
lushy1821
robust1826
raised1846
high-keyed1879
acid1916
1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued vi. sig. Eviij Not highly raysed rents..Can fyll their hungrie gaping gulles.
1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iv. 66 When he came on carved Monuments, Spiring Colosses, and high raised rents, He past them o're, quicke.
1707 J. Ward Introd. Math. ii. ii. §5 157 The intermediate Terms in the new Raised Power.
1796 M. Hays Mem. Emma Courtney I. xxiv. 150 I, like you, am the victim of a raised, of, I fear, a distempered imagination.
1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 122 To speak of him as dead, seemed to her raised feelings, like murder.
1846 Peter Parley's Ann. 232 With smiling face, indeed, but with a raised complexion.
1923 J. F. H. Dally High Blood Pressure v. 64 Hyperpiesia is the term applied..to a clinical morbid series characterised by persistently raised blood pressure.
1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman (1959) 72 At this point, hearing the raised voices, the landlord appeared from the inner depths.
1980 Nature 17 Jan. 235/1 Despite almost a decade of affirmative action and raised consciousness, women continue to face a number of barriers in pursuing a scientific career.
1999 Times 9 June 18/7 When people predisposed to panic attacks are injected,..they get sweaty palms and a raised heartbeat.
b. Scottish and Irish English (northern) Agitated, upset, frenzied, angry; excited. Cf. raise v.1 4d. Now rare.
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the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective]
irrec825
gramec893
wemodc897
wrothc950
bolghenc1000
gramelyc1000
hotOE
on fireOE
brathc1175
moodyc1175
to-bollenc1175
wrethfulc1175
wraw?c1225
agrameda1300
wrathfula1300
agremedc1300
hastivec1300
irousa1340
wretheda1340
aniredc1350
felonc1374
angryc1380
upreareda1382
jealous1382
crousea1400
grieveda1400
irefula1400
mada1400
teena1400
wraweda1400
wretthy14..
angryc1405
errevousa1420
wrothy1422
angereda1425
passionatec1425
fumous1430
tangylc1440
heavy1452
fire angry1490
wrothsomea1529
angerful?1533
wrothful?1534
wrath1535
provoked1538
warm1547
vibrant1575
chauffe1582
fuming1582
enfeloned1596
incensed1597
choleric1598
inflameda1600
raiseda1600
exasperate1601
angried1609
exasperated1611
dispassionate1635
bristlinga1639
peltish1648
sultry1671
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
nangry1681
ugly1687
sorea1694
glimflashy1699
enraged1732
spunky1809
cholerous1822
kwaai1827
wrathy1828
angersome1834
outraged1836
irate1838
vex1843
raring1845
waxy1853
stiff1856
scotty1867
bristly1872
hot under the collar1879
black angry1894
spitfire1894
passionful1901
ignorant1913
hairy1914
snaky1919
steamed1923
uptight1934
broigus1937
lemony1941
ripped1941
pissed1943
crooked1945
teed off1955
ticked off1959
ripe1966
torqued1967
bummed1970
a1600 J. Melvill Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 82 In stappes Schipper Lindsay a knawin frenetic man..his look was verie reasit and hiche.
1683 J. Erskine Diary 24 He had a very raised and unsettled look... For ten days he had eaten no meat.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 39 She ran aff as rais'd as onie deer.
1795 Edinb. Mag. Aug. 155 He said he was afraid he was very raised, and would turn insane.
1823 J. Burness Ghaist o' Garronha' (1887) 37 His horse took fleg at a raised stot, Wha frae some butchers gat awa.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xiii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 341 His countenance was wild, haggard, and highly excited, or, as the Scottish phrase expresses it, much raised.
a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 225/2 s.v. Raised, excited. He was a bit raised lookin'.
1966 Banffshire Jrnl. 26 Apr. 7 He insulted my father by swearing at him and that got me raised.
1999 J. J. Graham Shetl. Dict. (ed. 2) 69/2 Whin shö cam in I tocht shö wis kinda raised læk.
4. Set upright or erect; roused up; restored to life. Now rare.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > resurrection or revival > [adjective]
uprisena1400
resuscitate1520
revived1563
redivive1586
raiseda1616
redivivus1640
reanimated1641
reviviscent1772
revivified1791
resurrected1804
reanimate1810
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 29 These are the raised Father and his friends. View more context for this quotation
1697 G. Keith 2nd Narr. Proc. Turners-Hall 32 The Raised Saints shall neither need Candle, nor Light of the Sun.
1701 L. Smith Evid. Things not Seen 30 A New-Created Soul, which never before inhabited the Raised Body, and consequently which never did Good or Evil in it.
1728 T. Woolston 5th Disc. Miracles 18 Which unhappy Fate has attended the after-Lives and Actions of these rais'd Persons, or undoubtedly we should have had a famous Record of them.
1800 B. Farnham Diss. Prophecies ix. 136 This new raised body cannot be pure spirit.
1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos vi. 80 It is a life in which the raised and revivified body is married to the lost soul!
1911 Biblical World 38 161 It is real, but spiritual; not connected with a raised body, which is an absurd idea.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [adjective] > bringing into action > brought into action or set in operation
started1468
started1519
raiseda1616
actuated1628
derepressed1960
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. i. 160 Lead to the Sagittar, the raised search. View more context for this quotation
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1799 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) I. 3 I exerted myself to have the command of a four-oared cutter raised upon.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 559 Raised upon, when a vessel is heightened in her upper works.
7. Phonetics. Articulated with the tongue in a higher position.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [adjective] > types of
openeOE
sharp?1533
simple1582
small1599
soft1625
obscurea1637
round1710
slender1755
close1760
wide1824
lowered1836
narrow1844
labialized1856
orinasal1856
central1857
reduced1861
free1864
high1867
low1867
mid1867
mixed1867
rounded1867
unrounded1871
raised1876
unreduced1894
obscured1897
spread1902
lax1909
slack1909
tense1909
centralized1926
flat1934
r-coloured1935
checked1943
1876 T. Le M. Douse Grimm's Law App. A. 178 Fortunately for the preservation of the open a-sound among us, many such ‘raised’ vowels had already been generally accepted by the standard dialect before the days of Dictionary-makers.
1917 Univ. Texas Bull. 1 Jan. 155 In Latin words the circumflex sometimes does duty for the scroll (as over n̄); and a raised vowel is short or shortened.
1942 J. S. Hall Phonetics Great Smoky Mountain Speech (Amer. Speech Repr. & Monogr. No. 4) 15 There is a tendency in some speakers to use a tense, slightly raised [ɪ˔].
1957 E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 II. 642 The raised pronunciation was not accepted in any but careless speech in the seventeenth century.
1972 M. L. Samuels Linguistic Evol. iii. 44 There is often a process of systemic regulation..by the selection of raised variants.
1991 Eng. World-wide 12 312 Oasa's ‘Phonology of current Adelaide English’..finds spectrographic confirmation of local pronunciation in offglides, in raised /a/ in castle, and schwa.
Compounds
raised bands n. Bookbinding strips of leather or cord which are pasted on to the back of a book before it is covered.
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society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > back > fastenings in back
headband1611
band1699
raised bands1833
slip1875
saddle wire1876
1833 J. Neal Down-easters II. 126 English binding, hey?—raised bands altogether more beautiful.
1846 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 6th Ser. iv. 96 ‘Raised bands’..are sometimes used for ornament in the better kinds of books.
1901 D. Cockerell Bookbinding i. 26 The public having become accustomed to raised bands on the backs of books,..the binders put false ones over the ‘hollow’.
1952 J. Carter ABC for Book-collectors 147 These cords (unless sunk in grooves to make a flat spine) will stand out in the form of ridges. These are known as raised bands.
2004 Walrus June 27/2 These cuts also determine the placement of the..raised bands that appear on the spines of antique books.
raised beach n. Physical Geography a former beach situated above the present shoreline as a result of a relative fall in sea level.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ledge or terrace > [noun] > raised beach
raised beach1831
batture1856
strand-line1910
1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. ii. 149 (heading) Raised beaches and masses of shells.
1863 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. (1878) i. 11 On all continents and on many large islands raised beaches occur.
1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. vi. 164 The earliest Middle Stone Age is probably that associated with the 20-foot raised beach at Blind River, East London.
1999 R. Deakin Waterlog (2000) xxiii. 242 I made my camp in good time,..choosing a heathery level patch near one of the raised beaches that abound along this coast.
raised bed n. a bed which is at a higher level than the rest of the adjacent garden.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [noun] > bed or plot > flower-bed > raised flower-bed
raised bed1693
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner vi. 187 In order to transplant them either into a hollow Bed, or a high raised Bed, we bestow a good thorough Tillage on the bottom of the Trench.
1756 J. Hervey Theron & Aspasio (new ed.) I. ii. 28 On the raised Beds, the Artichoke seemed to be erecting a Standard, while the Asparagus shot into Ranks of Spears.
1855 H. W. Beecher Star Papers 12 If there be a bit of ground but ten feet square, it is a turf-plat, with a raised bed cut out of it.
1867 Times 26 Aug. 9/3 The fact remains that throughout the land the thickly-planted, raised-bed system is the one adopted, and that it is very inferior to the French method.
1959 C. Spry Favourite Flowers xxiii. 166 I wanted a raised bed of well-drained agreeable soil.
2006 Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nexis) 14 Oct. 17 Gardeners can leave dahlia tubers in the ground all winter if they are planted in a raised bed.
raised bog n. [perhaps after German Hochmoor (1781 or earlier)] a peat bog that has a domed surface, higher in the middle than at the edge.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > peat-bog
turf-graft1313
turbary1363
peat mire1431
peat moss1505
peatbog1550
flow-mossc1565
cess1636
peat marsh1723
yarpha1805
peat moor1821
flow bog1831
raised bog1891
mire1946
raised mire1968
1891 Bot. Gaz. 16 123 In the Province of New Brunswick there occur several large peat bogs..which have their centers raised many feet above their margins. Such raised bogs must be exceedingly rare.
1976 Nature 23 Sept. 281/1 Raised bogs represent a special type of peat bog...They..have their own water regime, with all of the moisture supplied from the atmosphere.
2006 Irish Times (Nexis) 4 Sept. 15 If this Government is serious about conserving Ireland's heritage, it would immediately ban peat extraction on all raised bogs of ecological interest.
raised crust n. Baking a free-standing piecrust made and baked without the support of a dish; cf. raise v.1 5b.
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1762 W. Gelleroy London Cook xi. 218 To make a raised crust.
1807 M. E. K. Rundell New Syst. Domest. Cookery in A. C. Brown Early Amer. Herb Recipes (2001) iv. 108 If to be in a dish, put a little water; if in a raised crust, none.
1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. Simnel, a plumb-cake having a raised crust for the exterior.
1979 J. Innes Country Kitchen (2003) 171 The most handsome traditional pies are meaty fillings enclosed by hand-shaped raised crust pastry.
raised eyebrow n. an eyebrow raised in censure or query; cf. eyebrow n. Phrases 2.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > use of eyebrows
raised eyebrow1847
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by facial expression
frown1581
raised eyebrow1847
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xiii. 236 Mrs. Fairfax had dropped her knitting, and with raised eyebrows, seemed wondering what sort of talk this was.
1881 H. James Washington Square xxi. 161 Morris stood there still, with his raised eyebrows; then he said..‘Ah!’
1921 Times 4 Nov. 8/2 A raised eyebrow, a hand pressed to the heart, a dropped knee, a gentle wriggle.
1974 E. Ambler Dr. Frigo ii. 82 I expected another violent reaction. None came. He merely glanced with raised eyebrows at Delvert.
2000 Sunday Times 23 July 10/4 His decision to put Sussex in first..was met with more than one raised eyebrow and back-handed jibe.
raised mire n. = raised bog n.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > peat-bog
turf-graft1313
turbary1363
peat mire1431
peat moss1505
peatbog1550
flow-mossc1565
cess1636
peat marsh1723
yarpha1805
peat moor1821
flow bog1831
raised bog1891
mire1946
raised mire1968
1968 Jrnl. Ecol. 56 266 In many raised mires retrogressive stages were initiated from which they will never recover.
1991 Times 26 Sept. 5 The rarer and more vulnerable lowland bogs, known as raised mires, occupied only about 87,000 hectares.
raised pie n. Baking a pie which has a raised crust.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > other pies
crustade?c1390
flampointc1390
custardc1450
standing pie1587
pudding pie1593
French pie1611
pirog1662
battalia pie1664
tourte1706
custard pie1729
raised pie1740
sea-pie1751
cream pie1816
pot-pie1823
scrap-pie1829
resurrection pie1831
chess pie1860
Washington pie1878
milk tart1896
angel pie1923
chiffon pie1929
melktert1938
plate pie1946
banoffi pie1974
banoffi1994
1740 Lady's Compan. (ed. 2) xxiv. 516 At the same Time prepare a raised Pye.
1796 Glasse's Art of Cookery (new ed.) xiii. 191 Raised pies should have a quick oven, and well closed up.
1844 A. R. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. iii. 29 [He] entered a neighbouring shop, where he purchased a raised pie.
1865 Mrs. Beeton's Dict. Everyday Cookery 282/1 Raised Pie of Veal and Ham... Plenty of practice [should be] given to the making of raised pies.
1913 Times 6 Oct. 3/4 A cookery demonstration described by the speaker comprised the..baking of a raised pie.
2001 P. Barham Sci. Cooking xi. 185 A home made raised pie is straightforward to make and will greatly impress any guests.
raised ranch n. a ranch-style house having a finished basement that is (partially) above ground; (also) = split-level adj. 1a.
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1960 Washington Post 9 Jan. c10 (headline) Raised ranch provides its owners with a big space bonus.
2002 Fine Homebuilding Mar. 65/2 The basic plan is a split-level raised ranch with 816 sq. ft. of space on the main floor.
raised work n. a decorative pattern in relief, cut on the surface of a piece or item of wood or stone, hammered out on sheet metal, embroidered on cloth, etc.; occasionally attributive.
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1497Rassit vark [see sense 2a].
1541 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1907) VII. 448 For bukelis, pendessis, pivatis..and uther wark of bras rasit wark to the quenis grace harnesingis.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxv. xi. 547 So excellent he was in this perspectiue, that a man would say, his euen, plaine, and flat picture were embossed and raised work.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 55 They laid downe the Beere upon a rais'd-worke [It. rileuato] mourning Coverlet.
1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory v. 163 For Raised Work, you form the Horn in a Mould of what Shape soever.
1800 R. Warner Let. 2 Sept. in Walk Western Counties 25 The little ornamental cornices edging the arches of the windows are..of what is called raised work.
1934 H. Hiler Notes Technique Painting iv. 254 Gold is scattered with a horsehair brush, and one of human hair (hake) is used to clean the crevices and bring out the lines on raised work.
1976 J. Messent Designing for Embroidery from Anc. & Primitive Sources i. 28/1 Raised work, high padding and quilting are among some methods of creating a protruding area of interest from an otherwise flat surface.
2003 Ashmolean Summer 9 Techniques include..‘raised work’, sometimes called ‘stump work’, a much later term.
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1737 in Criminal Trials Illustr. of ‘H. Midlothian’ (1818) 310 At this time he thought the pannel in drink, because he looked raised like.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 17 Up there came twa shepherds..Rais'd like.
1810 Edinb. Advertiser 16 Jan. 38/3 He appeared very raised like; threw off his coat and belts, and lay down on the guard-bed where he fell asleep.
1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man III. xi. 385 Looking raised-like at his warriors.
1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms vii When she was a little raised-like you'd see a pink flush come on her cheeks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
raisedadj.2
/reɪzd/, U.S. /reɪzd/ 1. Of cloth: †(a) having the pile cut close (obsolete); (b) (esp. of velvet) having the pile cut away in such a manner as to leave a raised pattern.With sense 1(a) cf. velours ras, drap d'or ras in Cotgrave.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > treated or processed in specific way > [adjective] > sheared or clipped
raised1542
1542 Inv. Wardrobe 99 Ane jornay of raisit clayth of gold.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. lxxxiii Other .x. were apparelled in cotes of crimosyn Satten al ouer couered with quaterfoyles of clothe of gold, of tissue, and clothe of siluer raised.
c1550 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 311 A greene cushion of raised velvet.
1578 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 222 Ane uther [gowne] of raisit claith of silver.
1600 Bk. of Robes f. 5v, in J. Arnold Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd (1988) 252 One frocke of clothe of golde reized and twisted with gold and silver.
1627 Brechin Test. IV. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue f. 292 Ane skirt of raisit velwot.
1661 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Restaurata 72 He was there presented..with a piece of cloth of Tissue, two pieces of cloth of gold, one whereof was raised with Crimson Velvet.
1677 J. Phillips tr. M. de Scudéry Almahide ii. i. 43/1 She had on that day a Tunick of raised cloth of Gold.
1756 C. Smith Antient & Present State Kerry vii. 189 When this Prince came into their ship at Calais, he was appareled in black raised velvet.
1799 J. Strutt Compl. View Dress & Habits People of Eng. II. v. vii. 356 I meet with one of flat cloth of gold raised with purple velvet and tissue.
1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. lxxiii Some [art-velvets] are raised or cut, the design being done in a pile standing well up by itself from out of a flat ground of silk.
1926 Times 26 July 15/6 Brocaded materials have heavy embossments of gold and silver, or raised velvet flowers.
1956 Constitution-Tribune (Chillicothe, Missouri) 13 Jan. 3/1 She wore a pink sheer nylon dress with raised velvet flowers and white accessories.
2005 Toronto Star (Nexis) 23 Apr. n6 A Flock wallpaper was hugely popular in the '60s. The pattern has a raised velvet texture and was used in living rooms and dining rooms across the globe.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > cut or slashed
decopedc1400
cut-fingered1591
raised1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 14/2 Pinked or raised shooes, have the over leathers grain part cut into Roses, or other devices.
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