Category:Ragged

Rag"ged, a. Etym: [from rag, n.]

1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a Ragged coat; a ragged sail.

2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, Ragged rocks.

3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [r.] "a Ragged noise of mirth." Herbert.

4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.

5. Rough; shaggy; rugged. What shepherd owns those ragged sheep dryden. Ragged lady (bot.), the fennel flower (nigella damascena). -- ragged robin (bot.), a plant of the genus lychnis (l. Flos- Cuculi), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which have the petals Cut into narrow lobes. -- ragged sailor (bot.), prince's feather (polygonum orientale). -- ragged school, a free school for poor children, where they are Taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first because they came in Their common clothing. [eng.] -- rag"ged*ly, adv. -- rag"ged*ness, n.