Defn: 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. — 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
Rag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ragged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ragging.]
Defn: To become tattered. [Obs.]
RAG
Rag, v. t.
1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
2. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
RAGABASH; RAGABRASH
Rag"a*bash`, Rag"a*brash`, n.
Defn: An idle, ragged person. Nares. Grose.
RAGAMUFFIN Rag`a*muf"fin, n. Etym: [Cf. Ragamofin, the name of a demon in some of the old mysteries.]