RAG, noun [Gr. a torn garment; tear; a rupture, a rock, a crag; to tear asunder.] 1. Any piece of cloth torn from the rest; a tattered cloth, torn or worn till its texture is destroyed. Linen and cotton rags are the chief materials of paper. 2. Garments worn out; proverbially, mean dress. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Proverbs 23:21. And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. 3. A fragment of dress. RAG. verb transitive To scold; to rail. [Local.]
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