Meaning Of Rag

v. t.

To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
n.

A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
n.

Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.
n.

A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
n.

A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
n.

A ragged edge.
n.

A sail, or any piece of canvas.
v. i.

To become tattered.
v. t.

To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
v. t.

To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.