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adjective

Ragged adj.

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. (R.) "A ragged noise of mirth."

Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.

Rough; shaggy; rugged. "What shepherd owns those ragged sheep?"

Ragged lady (Bot.), the fennel flower (Nigella Damascena).

Ragged robin (Bot.), a plant of the genus Lychnis (Lychnis 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.)

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"Ragged" Quotes from Famous Books

... minutes of good light Jellicoe smashed up the first three German ships, but the mist came down, visibility suddenly failed, and the defeated High Seas Fleet was able to draw off in ragged divisions. ...

— History of the World War - An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War • Francis A. March and Richard J. Beamish

... began, "Mr. Fergus Duff brought a ragged little boy to Glashruach—the most innocent and loving of creatures, who had committed no crime but that of doing good in secret. I saw Mr. Duff box his ears on the bridge; and you, papa, gave him over to that wretch, Angus Mac Pholp, to whip him—so at least Angus told ...

— Sir Gibbie • George MacDonald

... hundred years ago, the monk patriot, with whom the Scottish warriors knelt to pray upon the field before engaging in the memorable conflict whose issue achieved for them their country's independence. A ragged wall, an arched chamber, several solid heaps of fallen mason-work are all that remain of ...

— Chronicles of Strathearn • Various

... in 1729, and then called Oxford Street. But against this statement there is the fact that a stone built into a house at the corner of Rathbone Place was dated "Rathbone Place in Oxford Street, 1718." Pennant remembers Oxford Street "a deep hollow road and full of sloughs, with here and there a ragged house, the lurking place ...

— Hampstead and Marylebone - The Fascination of London • Geraldine Edith Mitton

... opened, and a gentleman entered the room. He was wearing a shabby-looking dressing-gown, a couple of ragged quill pens were stuck in his mouth, and he carried in his hand a bundle of closely-written sheets of foolscap. Mr. Basil Fenleigh, to tell the truth, was about to issue an invitation to a "few friends" to join him in starting an advertisement and bill-posting agency business; to be conducted, so ...

— Soldiers of the Queen • Harold Avery

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