[Eng.]
— Rag"ged*ly, adv. — Rag"ged*ness, n.
Raggie
(Rag"gie or Rag"gy), a. Ragged; rough. [Obs.] "A stony and raggie hill." Holland.
Raghuvansa
(||Ragh`u*van"sa) n. [Skr. Raguva&msdotça.] A celebrated Sanskrit poem having
for its subject the Raghu dynasty.
Raging
(Ra"ging) a. & n. from Rage, v. i. — Ra"ging*ly, adv.
Ragious
(Ra"gious) a. Raging; furious; rageful. [Obs.] — Ra"gious*ness, n. [Obs.]
Raglan
(Rag"lan) n. A loose overcoat with large sleeves; — named from Lord Raglan, an English general.
Ragman
(Rag"man) n.; pl. Ragmen A man who collects, or deals in, rags.
Ragman
(Rag"man), n. [See Ragman's roll.] A document having many names or numerous seals, as
a papal bull. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Ragman's roll
(Rag"man's roll`) [For ragman roll a long list of names, the devil's roll or list; where ragman
is of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. ragmenni a craven person, Sw. raggen the devil. Icel. ragmenni is fr.
ragr cowardly (another form of argr, akin to AS. earg cowardly, vile, G. arg bad) + menni (in comp.)
man, akin to E. man. See Roll, and cf. Rigmarole.] The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the
Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance to Edward I. of England, A. D. 1296. [Also written
ragman- roll.]
Ragout
(Ra*gout") n. [F. ragoût, fr. ragoûter to restore one's appetite, fr. L. pref. re- re- + ad to +
gustare to taste, gustus taste. See Gust relish.] A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly
seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton.
Ragpicker
(Rag"pick`er) n. One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets.
Raguled
(Ra*guled" Rag*guled") a. [Cf. F. raguer to chafe, fret, rub, or E. rag.] (Her.) Notched in
regular diagonal breaks; — said of a line, or a bearing having such an edge.
Ragweed
(Rag"weed`) n. (Bot.) A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiæfolia) with
finely divided leaves; hogweed.
Great ragweed, a coarse American herb with rough three-lobed opposite leaves.
Ragwork
(Rag"work`) n. (Masonry) A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework of thin
and small stones.
Ragwort
(Rag"wort`) n. (Bot.) A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio.
Senecio aureus is the golden ragwort of the United States; S. elegans is the purple ragwort of South
Africa.
