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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,743 words match “RAG”

STRAGGLE v. 5 definitions
arch or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle. Dryden.
STRAGGLER n. 4 definitions
One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction.
STRAGGLING a.
from Straggle, v.
STRAGGLINGLY adv.
In a straggling manner.
STRAGULUM n.
The mantle, or pallium, of a bird.
SUFFRAGAN a. 3 definitions
Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.
SUFFRAGANSHIP n.
The office of a suffragan.
SUFFRAGANT a.
Suffragan. [Obs.]
SUFFRAGATE v.
To vote or vote with. [Obs.] "Suffragating tribes." Dryden.
SUFFRAGATOR n.
One who assists or favors by his vote. [Obs.]
SUFFRAGE n. 7 definitions
trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote. I ask your voices and your suffrages. Shak.
SUFFRAGETTE n.
A woman who advocates the right to vote for women; a woman suffragist.
SUFFRAGINOUS a.
Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast. [Obs.]
SUFFRAGIST n. 2 definitions
One who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter.
SUFFRAGO n.
The heel joint.
SUPERTRAGICAL a.
Tragical to excess.
SUPRAGLOTIC a.
Situated above the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx above the true vocal cords.
TAG-RAG n.
The lowest class of people; the rabble. Cf. Rag, tag, and bobtail, under Bobtail. If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, I am no true man. Shak.
TARRAGON n.
A plant of the genus Artemisa (A. dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.
TELPHERAGE n.
The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. Fleeming Jenkin.
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