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  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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