Webster, Devils Law Case

6. 3. Uncommon character or quality; especially, unusual excellence, finene , or the like. [Rare.] Roses set in the midst of a pool, being supported by some stay; which is matter of rarene and pleasure, though of small use. Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 407. His providences toward us are to be admired for the rarene and graciousne of them. Sharp , Sermons, II. i. rarene 2 (rar'nes), n . [ rare2 , a ., + -ne .] The state of being rare or underdone in cooking. rareripe (rar'rip), a. and n. [A reduction of rathripe, q. v.] I. a. Early ripe; ripe before others, or before the usual season: as, rareripe peaches. II. n. An early fruit, particularly a kind of peach which ripens early. rarify (rar'i-fi), v .; pret. and pp. rarified , ppr. rarifying . A common but incorrect spelling of rarefy.