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Rag

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(1):

(n.) A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.

(2):

(n.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.

(3):

(v. t.) To dance to ragtime music, esp. in some manner considered indecorous.

(4):

(v. t.) To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

(5):

(n.) Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.

(6):

(n.) A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.

(7):

(v. t.) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.

(8):

(v. i.) To become tattered.

(9):

(n.) A ragged edge.

(10):

(v. t.) To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

(11):

(n.) A sail, or any piece of canvas.

(12):

(v. t.) To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rag'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rag.html. 1828.
 
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