Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rag"
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) 1.7 (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: music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) [syn:
{ragtime}]
4: newspaper with half-size pages [syn: {tabloid}, {sheet}]
5: (British) a boisterous practical joke (especially by college
students)
v 1: annoy constantly [syn: {torment}, {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}, {chafe}, {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"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
jacket and tie" [syn: {tease}, {razz}, {cod}, {tantalize},
{tantalise}, {bait}, {taunt}, {twit}, {rally}, {ride}]
5: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic [syn: {rebuke}, {trounce},
{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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