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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Rag \Rag\ (r[a^]g), v. t. [Cf. Icel. r[ae]gja to calumniate,
OHG. ruogen to accuse, G. r["u]gen to censure, AS. wr[=e]gan,
Goth. wr[=o]hjan to accuse.]
To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to
banter. [Prov. Eng.] --Pegge.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Rag \Rag\, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel.
r["o]gg a tuft, shagginess, Sw. ragg rough hair. Cf. Rug,
n.]
1. A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a
shred; a tatter; a fragment.
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Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers,
tossed,
And fluttered into rags. --Milton.
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Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover
the shame of their cruelty. --Fuller.
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2. pl. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
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And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
--Dryden.
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3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
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The other zealous rag is the compositor. --B.
Jonson.
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Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag
and rag. --Spenser.
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4. (Geol.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in
texture.
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5. (Metal Working) A ragged edge.
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6. A sail, or any piece of canvas. [Nautical Slang]
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Our ship was a clipper with every rag set. --Lowell.
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Rag bolt, an iron pin with barbs on its shank to retain it
in place.
Rag carpet, a carpet of which the weft consists of narrow
strips of cloth sewed together, end to end.
Rag dust, fine particles of ground-up rags, used in making
papier-mach['e] and wall papers.
Rag wheel.
(a) A chain wheel; a sprocket wheel.
(b) A polishing wheel made of disks of cloth clamped
together on a mandrel.
Rag wool, wool obtained by tearing woolen rags into fine
bits, shoddy.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Rag \Rag\ (r[a^]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ragged (r[a^]gd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Ragging (r[a^]g"g[i^]ng).]
To become tattered. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Rag \Rag\, v. t.
1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
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2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Rag \Rag\, v. t.
1. (Music) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in
syncopated time. [Colloq.]
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2. To dance to ragtime music, esp. in some manner considered
indecorous. [Colloq. or Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Ragabash
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