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rag

1. rag \'rag\ n [ME ragge, fr. (assumed) OE ragg, fr. ON ro:gg tuft, 
   shaggin]ess - more at RUG 1a: a waste piece of cloth  pl  1b: clothes usu. 
   in poor or ragged condition  2: something resembling a rag  3: NEWSPAPER  
   2: the stringy axis and white fibrous membrane of a citrus fruit 
2. rag n [origin unknown] 1: any of various hard rocks  2: a large roofing 
   slate rough on one side 
3. rag vt or ragged;  or rag.ging [origin unknown] 1: to rail at : SCOLD  
   2: TORMENT, TEASE 
4. rag n chiefly Brit  1: an outbreak of boisterous merrymaking  chiefly 
   Brit  2: PRANK 
5. rag n [short for ragtime] : a composition in ragtime