Category:Rag

Rag, v. t. Etym: [cf. Icel. rægja to calumniate, ohg, ruogen to Accuse, g. rügen to censure, as. wregan, goth. wrohjan to accuse.]

Defn: to scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter. [prov. Eng.] Pegge.

Rag Rag, n. Etym: [oe. ragge, probably of scand, origin; cf. Icel. rögg Rough hair. Cf. Rug, n.]

1. A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a Tatter; a fragment. Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed, and fluttered Into rags. Milton. Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their Cruelty. Fuller.

2. pl.

Defn: hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress. And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. Dryden.

3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. The other zealous rag is the compositor. B. Jonson. Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag. Spenser.

4. (geol.)

Defn: a coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.

5. (metal working)

Defn: a ragged edge.

6. A sail, or any piece of canvas. [nautical slang] Our ship was a clipper with every rag set. Lowell. 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 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.

Rag Rag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ragged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ragging.]

Defn: to become tattered. [obs.]

Rag Rag, v. t.

1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.

2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.