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.
{ Rag"gie (rg"g), or Rag"gy }, a. Ragged; rough. [Obs.] "A stony and
raggie hill." Holland.
||Ragh`u*van"sa (rg`*vn"s), n. [Skr. Raguvaça.] A celebrated Sanskrit
||poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty.
Ra"ging (r"jng), a. & n. from Rage, v. i. -- Ra"ging*ly, adv.
Ra"gious (r"js), a. Raging; furious; rageful. [Obs.] -- Ra"gious*ness,
n. [Obs.]
Rag"lan (rg"lan), n. A loose overcoat with large sleeves; -- named from
Lord Raglan, an English general.
Rag"man (-man), n.; pl. Ragmen (-men). A man who collects, or deals in,
rags.
Rag"man, n. [See Ragman's roll.] A document having many names or
numerous seals, as a papal bull. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Rag"man's roll` (-manz rl`). [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.]
Ra*gout" (r*g"), 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.
Rag"pick`er (rg"pk`r), n. One who gets a living by picking up rags and
refuse things in the streets.
{ Ra*guled" (r*gld"), Rag*guled" (rg-), } 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.
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Rag"weed` (rg"wd`), n. (Bot.) A common American composite weed
(Ambrosia artemisiæfolia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed.
Great ragweed, a coarse American herb (Ambrosia trifida), with rough
three-lobed opposite leaves.
Rag"work` (-wûrk`), n. (Masonry) A kind of rubblework. In the United
States, any rubblework of thin and small stones.
Rag"wort` (-wûrt`), 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.
||Ra"ia (r"y), n. [L., a ray. Cf. Ray the fish.] (Zoöl.) A genus of
||rays which includes the skates. See Skate.
||Ra"iæ (r"y), n. pl. [NL. See Raia.] (Zoöl.) The order of elasmobranch
||fishes which includes the sawfishes, skates, and rays; -- called also
||Rajæ, and Rajii.
Raid (rd), n. [Icel. reið a riding, raid; akin to E. road. See Road a
way.] 1. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of
mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
Marauding chief! his sole delight The moonlight raid, the morning
fight.
Sir W. Scott.
There are permanent conquests, temporary occupations, and
occasional raids.
H. Spenser.
A Scottish word which came into common use in the United States during
the Civil War, and was soon extended in its application.
2. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing
property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling
house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury. [Colloq. U. S.]
Raid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raided; p. pr. & vb. n. Raiding.] To make a
raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.