RAGG
RAGG, noun Rowley ragg a species of silicious stone, of a dusky or dark gray color, with shining crystals, of a granular texture, and by exposure to the air acquiring an ochery ...
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RAGGED
RAG'GED, adjective [from rag.]1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till its texture is broken; as a ragged coat; a ragged sail.2. Broken with rough edges; uneven; as a ragged rock.3...
RAGGEDNESS
RAG'GEDNESS, noun1. The state of being dressed in tattered clothes.2. The state of being rough or broken irregularly; as the raggedness of a cliff.
RAGING
RA'GING, participle present tense [from rage.]1. Acting with violence or fury.2.adjective Furious; impetuous; vehemently driven or agitated; as the raging sea or tempest.RA'GING...
RAGINGLY
RA'GINGLY, adverb With fury; with violent impetuosity.
RAGMAN
RAG'MAN, noun A man who collects or deals in rags, the materials of paper.
RAGMANS-ROLL
RAGMAN'S-ROLL, noun A roll or register of the value of benefices in Scotland, made by Ragimund, a legate of the pope, according to which the clergy were afterwards taxed by the ...
RAGOO
RAGOO',RAGOUT, noun A sauce or seasoning for exciting a languid appetite; or a high seasoned dish, prepared with fish, flesh, greens and the like, stewed with salt, pepper, clov...
RAGOUT
RAGOUT, n. A sauce or seasoning for exciting a languid appetite; or a high seasoned dish, prepared with fish, flesh, greens and the like, stewed with salt, pepper, cloves, &c.
RAGSTONE
RAG'STONE, noun A stone of the silicious kind, so named from its rough fracture. It is of a gray color, the texture obscurely laminar or rather fibrous, the lamins consisting of...
RAGWORT
RAG'WORT, noun A plant of the genus Senecio.
RAIL
RAIL, noun1. A cross beam fixed at the ends in two upright posts.[In New England, this is never called a beam; pieces of timber of the proper size for rails are called scantling...
RAIL-BIRD
RAIL-BIRD, noun A bird of the genus Cuculus.
RAILER
RA'ILER, noun One who scoffs, insults, censures or reproaches with opprobrious language.
RAILING
RA'ILING, participle present tense1. Clamoring with insulting language; uttering reproachful words.2.adjective Expressing reproach; insulting; as a railing accusation. 2 Peter 2...
RAILINGLY
RA'ILINGLY, adverb With scoffing or insulting language.
RAILLERY
RA'ILLERY, nounBanter; jesting language; good humored pleasantry or slight satire; satirical merriment.Let raillery be without malice or heat.- Studies employed on low objects; ...
RAILLEUR
RA'ILLEUR, noun A banterer; a jester; a mocker. [Not English nor in use.]
RAIMENT
RA'IMENT, noun [for arrayment. See Array and Ray.]1. Clothing in general; vestments; vesture; garments.Genesis 24:53. Deuteronomy 8:4.Living, both food and raiment she supplies....
RAIN
RAIN, verb intransitive [It seems that rain is contracted from regen. It is the Gr. to rain to water, which we retain in brook, and the Latins, by dropping the prefix, in rigo, ...
RAIN-DEER
RA'IN-DEER, nounThe rane, a species of the cervine genus. [See Rane.]
RAIN-WATER
RA'IN-WATER, noun Water that has fallen from the clouds.
RAINBAT
RA'INBAT, adjective Beaten or injured by the rain. [Not used.]
RAINBOW
RA'INBOW, noun A bow, or an arch of a circle, consisting of all the colors formed by the refraction and reflection of rays of light from drops of rain or vapor, appearing in the...
RAININESS
RA'ININESS, noun [from rainy.] The state of being rainy.
RAINY
RA'INY, adjective Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as rainy weather; a rainy day or season.
RAISE
RAISE, verb transitive raze. [This word occurs often in the Gothic version of the gospels, Luke 3:8. John 6:40, 44. These verbs appear to be the Latin gradior, gressus, without ...