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Rag   /ræg/   Listen
noun
Rag  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." "Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty."
2.
pl. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress. "And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm."
3.
A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. "The other zealous rag is the compositor." "Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag."
4.
(Geol.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
5.
(Metal Working) A ragged edge.
6.
A sail, or any piece of canvas. (Nautical Slang) "Our ship was a clipper with every rag set."
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.


verb
Rag  v. t.  To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter. (Prov. Eng.)


Rag  v. t.  
1.
To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
2.
To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.


Rag  v. t.  
1.
(Music) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time. (Colloq.)
2.
To dance to ragtime music, esp. in some manner considered indecorous. (Colloq. or Slang)


Rag  v. i.  (past & past part. ragged; pres. part. ragging)  To become tattered. (Obs.)





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"Rag" Quotes from Famous Books



... was mad because he found out you had a few books! But here you've got a decent pair of shoes to your feet—for once in your life! and a decent suit of clothes to your back—so that you look like a human being instead of the rag bag! And you've got the first hat you've had since you were five ...
— The Rich Little Poor Boy • Eleanor Gates
... two ounces of essence of lemon and one ounce of oil of turpentine. Grease and other spots in silk must be rubbed gently with a linen rag dipped in the above composition. To remove acid stains from silks, apply with a soft ...
— Our Deportment - Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society • John H. Young
... consistent, always showing contempt for money, stubborn persistence in the right, and courage in the face of danger. Some people thought him too ambitious, for even with philosophers 6 the passion for fame is often their last rag of infirmity. After Thrasea's fall Helvidius was banished, but he returned to Rome under Galba and proceeded to prosecute Eprius Marcellus,[251] who had informed against his father-in-law. This attempt to secure a revenge, as bold as it ...
— Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II • Caius Cornelius Tacitus
... too tired to sleep, too excited to think, sat sipping thick coffee the whole night through, while the things that were happening soaked into me like petrol into a rag. About two hours before dawn I pulled myself together and climbed into the loft for ...
— Adventures of a Despatch Rider • W. H. L. Watson
... politicians and presses heartily seconded their chieftain in this war, promising the people "Benton mint-drops instead of rag-money." Jackson clubs were everywhere organized, having opposite to the tavern or hall used as their headquarters a hickory-tree, trimmed of all its foliage except a tuft at the top. Torch-light processions, ...
— Perley's Reminiscences, Vol. 1-2 - of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis • Benjamin Perley Poore


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