Rag

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Rag
Author: Noah Webster

RAG, n. [Gr. a torn garment; tear; a rupture, a rock, a crag; to tear asunder.]

1. Any piece of cloth torn from the rest; a tattered cloth, torn or worn till its texture is destroyed. Linen and cotton rags are the chief materials of paper.

2. Garments worn out; proverbially, mean dress.

Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Prov 23.

And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

3. A fragment of dress.

RAG. v.t.

To scold; to rail. [Local.]

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Rag," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed April 20, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DK5EE34CKDEE4XH.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Rag." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 20 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DK5EE34CKDEE4XH.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Rag' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 20 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DK5EE34CKDEE4XH.