Word: rawness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...members of the Shooting Club reported at Watertown, yesterday afternoon, to shoot the final competition in the winter series This small attendance is partly to be accounted for by the cloudy, raw weather, but principally by the fact that the contest for the leading places had been narrowed down until all but a few men had lost all chances of securing a prize aggregate. In all three matches the competition was exceedingly close, as is shown by the fact that no prize winner had a lead of over a point above the next competitor. Match A was the first contest...
LOST- A dark overcoat, red silk sleeve lining; lap seams; finished with raw edge; "Hapgood," maker. Will the person who took this from Memorial last Friday evening kindly return it to Thayer...
LOST.-Will the person who took from a peg near table 2, Memorial, Friday evening, Nov. 14th, an overcoat, return the same to 27 Thayer. The coat had a red silk sleeve lining, was lap-seamed, and raw edge. Maker, "Hapgood...
...Trinity men appeared yesterday afternoon almost contrary to expectation and game was called at eighteen minutes of four. The weather was raw and blustering and only a few men turned out to see the match. Harvard lost the toss and Trinity took the east end of the field. The ball was hardly put in play when rushes by our men carried the ball to the end of the field and Thayer made the first touchdown. The ball was poorly punted out and Peabody was unable to secure it. Willard soon made another rust and the ball was carried over...
...raw wind that swept across Holmes Field last Saturday promised anything but good sport in the events to be contested, and kept the 200 spectators, among whom were a few ladies, in anything but a comfortable condition. At 2.45 the first event was called This was the first heat...