rags
plural of rag
rags
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rag
• ARGs, GARs, GRAS, Gars, args, gars
Source: Wiktionary
Rag, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Icel. rægja to calumniate, OHG, ruogen to accuse, G. rügen to censure, AS. wregan, Goth. wrohjan to accuse.]
Definition: To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge.
Rag, n. Etym: [OE. ragge, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel. rögg 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.
Definition: 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.)
Definition: A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
5. (Metal Working)
Definition: 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.
РRag dust, fine particles of ground-up rags, used in making papier-mach̩ 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.
Rag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ragged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ragging.]
Definition: To become tattered. [Obs.]
Rag, v. t.
1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
