RAG Rag, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Icel. rægja to calumniate, OHG, ruogen to accuse, G. rügen to censure, AS. wregan, Goth. wrohjan to accuse.]
Defn: To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
[Prov. Eng.] Pegge.
RAG 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.
Defn: 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.)
Defn: A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
5. (Metal Working)