Difference between revisions of "Rag"

<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To dance to ragtime music, esp. in some manner considered indecorous. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To become tattered. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' n.) A ragged edge. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone. </p> <p> '''(11):''' ''' (''' n.) A sail, or any piece of canvas. </p> <p> '''(12):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To break (ore) into lumps for sorting. </p>

<p> Plural in &nbsp;Proverbs 23:21 , "Drowsiness will clothe a man with <i> rags </i> " (קרעים , <i> ''''' ḳerā‛ı̄m ''''' </i> "torn garment"; compare &nbsp;1 Kings 11:30 ), and figuratively in &nbsp; Isaiah 64:6 the King James Version, "All our righteousnesses are as filthy <i> rags </i> ," in the sense of "tattered clothing" (בּגד , <i> ''''' beghedh ''''' </i> , the Revised Version (British and American) "garment"). In &nbsp;Jeremiah 38:11 , &nbsp;Jeremiah 38:12 the American Standard Revised Version translates סחבה , <i> ''''' ṣeḥābhāh ''''' </i> , as "rag" (the King James Version, the English Revised Version "old cast clout"), while the King James Version, the English Revised Version use "rotten <i> rag </i> " for מלח , <i> ''''' melaḥ ''''' </i> (the American Standard Revised Version "worn-out garment"). Both <i> ''''' ṣeḥābhāh ''''' </i> and <i> ''''' melaḥ ''''' </i> mean "worn out." </p>