Rag /(răg)/

Rag

v. t.
  1. To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter. [Prov. Eng.]

Rag

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.
    Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty.
  2. Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
    And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
  3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
    The other zealous rag is the compositor.
    Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag.
  4. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture. (Geol.)
  5. A ragged edge. (Metal Working)
  6. A sail, or any piece of canvas. [Nautical Slang]
    Our ship was a clipper with every rag set.

Phrases & Compounds
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 chain wheel; a sprocket wheel
Rag wool
wool obtained by tearing woolen rags into fine bits, shoddy.

Rag

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Ragged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ragging

  1. To become tattered. [Obs.]

Rag

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

Rag

v. t.
  1. To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time. (Music) [Colloq.]
  2. To dance to ragtime music, esp. in some manner considered indecorous. [Colloq. or Slang]