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Webster 1913 Edition

Rag

Rag

(răg)
,
Verb.
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.

Rag

,
Noun.
[OE.
ragge
, probably of Scand, origin; cf. Icel.
rögg
a tuft, shagginess, Sw.
ragg
rough hair. Cf.
Rug
,
Noun.
]
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 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.

Rag

(răg)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ragged
(răgd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Ragging
(răg′gĭng)
.]
To become tattered.
[Obs.]

Rag

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
2.
To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rag

RAG

,
Noun.
[Gr. a torn garment; tear; a rupture, a rock, a crag; to tear asunder.]
1.
Any piece of cloth torn from the rest; a tattered cloth, torn or worn till its texture is destroyed. Linen and cotton rags are the chief materials of paper.
2.
Garments worn out; proverbially, mean dress.
Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Prov. 23.
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
3.
A fragment of dress.

Definition 2024

rág

rág

See also: rag, RAG, räg, and råg

Hungarian

Verb

rág

  1. (transitive) to chew

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átrág
  • berág
  • elrág
  • kirág
  • lerág
  • megrág
  • szétrág
  • telerág
  • végigrág

References

  1. ↑ Entry #864 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Uralic *ruŋkɜ- ‎(“to chew”). [1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈraːɡ]

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