Răg'ged, a.
(60), a. [From rag.]
Sense 1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till its texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
Sense 2. Broken with rough edges; uneven; rough.
The rolling billows beat the ragged rocks. Spenser.
Sense 3. Rough with sharp or irregular points; jagged.
The moon appears, when looked upon through a good glass, rude and ragged. Burnet.
Sense 4. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [Rare.]
At length I heard a ragged noise of mirth. Herbert.
Sense 5. Wearing tattered clothes; dressed in rags; as, a ragged fellow.
Sense 6. Rough; rugged.
What shepherd owns those ragged sheep? Dryden.
Ragged school, a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; — a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. Simmonds.