RAGERY
Ra"ger*y, n.
Defn: Wantonness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
RAGGED
Rag"ged, a. Etym: [From Rag, n.]
1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.
3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.] "A ragged noise of mirth." Herbert.
4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
5. Rough; shaggy; rugged. What shepherd owns those ragged sheep Dryden. Ragged lady (Bot.), the fennel flower (Nigella Damascena). — Ragged robin (Bot.), a plant of the genus Lychnis (L. Flos- cuculi), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes. — Ragged sailor (Bot.), prince's feather (Polygonum orientale). — Ragged school, a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; — a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] — Rag"ged*ly, adv. — Rag"ged*ness, n.
RAGGIE; RAGGY
Rag"gie, or; Rag"gy, a.
Defn: Ragged; rough. [Obs.] "A stony and raggie hill." Holland.