rageoust (raj us)

[Also ragious; Our Sauyour whiche redeemed vs with so great a price may not thincke that it longeth to hym to se vs peryshe, neyther to suffer the shippe of his churche to bee so shaken with many great and ragious flodes. Bp . Fisher , Seven Penitential Psalms. The quality of Dryden , Pal, and Arc., i. 117. rageousne t (ra'jus-nes), n. Chill penury repre ed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. being rageous; fury. Also ragiousne . What a ragiousnes is it, to set thy chastity common like an harlot, that thou maiest gather riches! Vives, Instruction of a Christian Woman, iii. 7. Gray, Elegy. 5. Vehement desire or pursuit; ardent eagerne , as for the attainment or accomplishment ragerył (rā'jer-i), n . [ ragerie , ragerie , rage, anger, rager , rage: see rage , v . ] sity: as, the rage for speculation, for social 1. Rage; an ebullition of fury. distinction, etc. So o'er this sleeping soul doth Tarquin stay, His rage of lust by gazing qualified. Shak ., Lucrece, 1. 424. What rage for fame attends both great and small! Better be d-d than mentioned not at all. Wolcot (P. Pindar ), To the Royal Academicians, In our day the rage for accumulation has apotheosized II. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 178. work. Croquet, which is now so far lost in the mists of antiquity that men of thirty are too young to remember the rage for it, was actually not yet [1837] invented. W. Besant, Fifty Years Ago, p. 88. 6. An object of general and eager desire or pursuit; fashion; vogue; fad: as, music is now all the rage. [Colloq.] -7t. A violent wind. The rout cam a rage and such a vese That it made al the gates for to rese. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1127. = Syn. 2. Vexation , Indignation , etc. (see anger1 ); frenzy, madne , raving. rage (raj), v.; pret. and pp. raged , ppr. raging . [ ragen , ragier , rager , be furious, rage, romp, play, F. rager , Picard dial. rabier , be furious, rage, = Pr.raviar , ratjar = Sp.rabiar = Pg. raivar = Olt. rabbi are , be furious, called barb - bolt and sprig - bolt. rag-bush (ragʻbüsh), n. In some heathen countries, a bush in some special locality, as near a sacred well, on which pieces of cloth are hung to propitiate the spirits supposed to dwell Rag-bolts. there. The rags are generally pieces torn from the garments of pilgrims or wayfarers. There is usually a rag - bush by the well, on which bits of linen or worsted are tied as a gift to the spirits of the C. Elton , Origins of Eng. Hist., p. 285. waters. rag-dust (rag'dust), n. The refuse of woolen or worsted rags pulverized and dyed in various colors to form the flock used by paper-stainers for their flock-papers. rage (rāj), п. [ ne , fury, rage: see rage, n. Cf. enrage, ravel, rabiate.] I. in trans. 1. To be furious with anger; be excited to fury; be violently agitated with pa ion of any kind. He inly raged, and, as they talk'd, Smote him into the midriff with a stone. Milton, P. L., xi. 444. 2. To speak with pa ionate utterance, or act with furious vehemence; storm; rave. The fool rageth , and is confident. IMG:content-1568.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Wantonne ; frolic. He was al colti h, ful of rager ye . Chaucer , Merchant's Tale, L. 603. A market for vending old rag-fair (rag'far), n. clothes and cast-off garments. raggt, n. See rag1 . raggabash, n. See ragabash . ragged (rag'ed), a . [ ragged , raggyd , shaggy, tattered, torn; raggathr (= Norw.raggad ), shaggy, rögg , shaggine , = Norw. ragg , rough, uneven hair: see rag1 .] 1. Having a rough shaggy coat, as a horse or sheep; shaggy. IMG:content-1569.png:[blocks in formation] What shepherd owns those ragged sheep? Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Eclogues, iii. 1. 2. Rough, uneven, or rocky, as a sea-bottom. -3. Roughly broken, divided, or disordered; having disjointed parts, or a confusedly irregular surface or outline; jagged; craggy; ruggedly uneven or distorted: often used figuratively. My voice is ragged ; I know I cannot please you. Shak., As you Like it, ii. 5. 15. I am so bold as to call so piercing and so glorious an Eye as your Grace to view those poore ragged lines. Capt. John Smith , Works, I. 57. Then, foraging this Isle, long-prom is'd them before, Amongst the ragged cleeves those monstrous Giants sought. Drayton, Polyolbion, i. 471. We went somewhat out of ye way to see the towne of Bourbon l'Archambaut, from whose antient and ragged castle is deriv'd the name of the present Royal Family of Evelyn , Diary, Sept. 24, 1644. France. Prov. xiv. 16. Poets, when they rage , Ragged clouds still streamed the pale sky o'er. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, III. 162. 4. Rent or worn into rags or tatters; tattered; frayed: as, a ragged coat; ragged sails. Turn gods to men, and make an hour an age. Beau . and Fl ., Maid's Tragedy, i. 2. As hee was thus madde and raging against the true Religion. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 84. I expect Mr. Tickler this evening, and he will rage if he mi his free-and-easy. Noctes Ambrosianæ , Feb., 1832. 3. To act violently; move impetuously; be vio- 5. Wearing torn or frayed clothes; dre ed in IMG:content-1570.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1571.png:[blocks in formation] 7. In her., same as raguly, especially of anything which is raguly on both sides. See ragged staff, below.-Ragged staff, in her., a pale couped at each end and raguly on each side: more commonly represented as an actual knotted stick, or stout staff with short stumps of branches on each side. The Earl of Warwick's ragged staf is yet to be seen pourtrayed in their church steeple. R. Carew, Survey of Cornwall. ragged-lady (rag'ed-lā"di), n. A garden flower, Nigella Damascena. raggedly (rag'ed-li), adv. In a ragged condition or manner; roughly; brokenly. Raggedly and meanly apparelled. Bp . Hacket , Abp. Williams (1693), p. 219. ( Latham .) Sometimes I heard the foxes as they ranged over the snow crust in moonlight nights,. barking raggedly and demoniacally like forest dogs. Thoreau , Walden, p. 293. IMG:content-1572.png:[blocks in formation] the genus Poly gonum: same as prince's-feather, 2. ragged-school (rag'ed-sköl), п. See school1. ragged-staff (rag'ed-ståf), n. A kind of polyzoan, Alcyonidi glutinosum Also called mer maid's -glove. raggee (rag'ē), n. [Also raggy, ragee; 2 Ragged-robin ( Lychnis Flos-cuculi). 1, upper part of stem with inflorescence; 2, lower part of stem with rhizome; a, a fruit. raggery (rag'ėr-i), n. [ Grim, portentous old hags, such as Michael Angelo painted, draped in majestic raggery. Thackeray, New comes, xxxv.