Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ragged"

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)

Ragged \Rag"ged\, a. [From {Rag}, n.]
1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken;
as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.

2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough;
jagged; as, ragged rocks.

3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.]
``A ragged noise of mirth.'' --Herbert.

4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.

5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.

What shepherd owns those ragged sheep ? --Dryden.

{Ragged lady} (Bot.), the fennel flower ({Nigella
Damascena}).

{Ragged robin} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Lychnis} ({L.
Flos-cuculi}), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which
have the petals cut into narrow lobes.

{Ragged sailor} (Bot.), prince's feather ({Polygonum
orientale}).

{Ragged school}, a free school for poor children, where they
are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first
because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] --
{Rag"ged*ly}, adv. -- {Rag"ged*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ragged
adj 1: being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes
as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp"
2: worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged"
3: having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right
margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"


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