Definition of Raggid
Rag"ged (răg"g&ebreve;d), a.
[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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Past tense and past participle of to rag.
- Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
- Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.
- Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. A ragged noise of mirth." Herbert.
- Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
- Rough; shaggy; rugged.
What shepherd owns those ragged sheep? -Dryden.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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