ragging (raging)

[Verbal n. of rag1, v.] 1. A method of fishing for the striped-ba , etc., in which a red rag is used as a fly. [U.S.] -2. In mining, the first and roughest separation of the ore (mixed with more or le veinstone), by which the entirely worthle portion is selected and rejected. Nearly the same as spall ing; but sometimes the latter term is used to designate a second and more thorough ragging, while cobbing may mean a still more thorough separation; but all are done with the hammer, without special machinery. ragging-frame (rag'ing-frām), n. Same as rack ing - table. raggle (rag'l), v. t.; pret. and pp. raggled, ppr. aggle agr raggling. [Freq. of rag1.] To notch or groove irregularly. raggle (rag'l), n. [ Striding swiftly over the heavy snow, he examines each trap in turn, to find perhaps in one a toe, in another a nail, and in a third a splendid ermine torn to raggles by "that infernal carcajou." Cosmopolitan, Feb., 1888.