6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rag \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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rag \Rag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ragged}; p. pr & vb n.
{Ragging}.]
To become tattered. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rag \Rag\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rag \Rag\, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf Icel.
r["o]gg 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 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.) 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 --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-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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rag \Rag\, v. t.
1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rag
n 1: a small piece of cloth [syn: {shred}, {tag}, {tag end}, {tatter}]
2: (British) a week at British universities during which
side-shows and processions of floats are organized to
raise money for charities
3: newspaper with half-size pages [syn: {tabloid}, {sheet}]
4: music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) [syn:
{ragtime}]
5: (British) a boisterous practical joke (especially by college
students)
v 1: annoy constantly [syn: {torment}, {tantalize}, {bedevil}, {crucify},
{dun}, {frustrate}]
2: cause annoyance in disturb, esp. by minor irritations:
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It
irritates me that she never closes the door after she
leaves" [syn: {annoy}, {get to}, {bother}, {get at}, {irritate},
{rile}, {nark}, {nettle}, {gravel}, {vex}, {devil}]
3: play in ragtime, as of a musical piece
4: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children
teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my
failure" [syn: {tease}, {cod}, {tantalize}, {bait}, {taunt},
{twit}, {rally}, {ride}]
5: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
bringing cold soup"; check" is archaic [syn: {rebuke}, {check},
{reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {scold},
{chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out},
{chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
6: break into lumps before sorting, as of ore
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