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   Rag , v. t. [Cf. Icel. rægja to calumniate, OHG. ruogen to accuse, G. rügen to censure, AS. wrēgan, Goth. wrōhjan to accuse.] To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter. [Prov. Eng.]
   Pegge.
   
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   Rag, n. [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel. rögg a tuft, shagginess, Sw. ragg rough hair.  Cf. Rug, n.]
   A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
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   Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed,
   And fluttered into rags.
   Milton.
   
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   Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty.
   Fuller.
   
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   pl. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
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   And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
   Dryden.
   
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   A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
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   The other zealous rag is the compositor.
   B. Jonson.
   
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   Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag.
   Spenser.
   
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   (Geol.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
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   (Metal Working) A ragged edge.
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   A sail, or any piece of canvas. [Nautical Slang]
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   Our ship was a clipper with every rag set.
   Lowell.
   
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   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.
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   Rag , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ragged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ragging .] To become tattered. [Obs.]
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   Rag, v. t.
   To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
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   To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
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   Rag, v. t.
   (Music) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time. [Colloq.]
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   To dance to ragtime music, esp. in some manner considered indecorous. [Colloq. or Slang]
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