RAG
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Rag (răg), v. t. [Cf. Icel. rægja to calumniate, OHG. ruogen to accuse, G. r&ü;gen to censure, AS. wr&ē;gan, Goth. wr&ō;hjan to accuse.] To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge.
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Rag, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel. r&ö;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-maché 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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Rag (răg), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ragged (răgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ragging (răg"gĭng).] To become tattered. [Obs.]
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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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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]
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