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 strips 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 (rg), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ragged (rgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ragging
(-gng).] To become tattered. [Obs.]
Rag, v. t. 1. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.