rauque, a. rare.
(rɔːk)
[a. F. rauque, ad. L. raucus: cf. rauc, rauk.]
Hoarse, harsh.
| 1848 Lytton K. Arthur ix. lxxxvi, The deaf'ning, strident, rauque, Homeric roar. 1859 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 214 The rauque bellow of the hippopotamus is heard on its banks. |