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rax | rag |

As nouns the difference between rax and rag

is that rax is barracks while rag is rye (secale cereale ).

As a verb rax

is (uk|dialectal|northern england|scotland|transitive) to stretch; stretch out.

rax

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) raxen, .

Verb

(es)
  • (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To stretch; stretch out.
  • * 1974 , Guy Davenport, Tatlin! :
    • Shoeless, he stood naked on his toes, his arms raxed upwards.
  • (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To reach out; reach or attain to.
  • (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.
    • Please rax me the pitcher.
  • * 1825 , John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn and John Gibson Lockhart, Noctes Ambrosianæ No. XVIII'', in ''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine , vol. 17:
    • Wha the mischief set him on reading me? I'm sure he could never read onything in a dacent-like way since he was cleckit—rax' me the Queen, and I'll let you hear a bit that will gar your hearts dinnle again—' rax me the Queen, I say.
  • (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, intransitive) To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch one's self; reach for or try to obtain something
  • (UK, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland, intransitive) To stretch after sleep.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)
    Related terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of barracks.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • barracks
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 2014-03-19 , title = , medium = Film , at = 44:28 , people = Clinton "Fear" Loomis , passage = Eventually they just broke our base and took out every single one of our raxes . }} ----

    rag

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . Cognate with Swedish ragg.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in the plural) Tattered clothes.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Dryden)
    • Virtue, though in rags , will keep me warm.
  • A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Milton)
    • Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tossed, / And fluttered into rags .
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Fuller)
    • Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty.
  • A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Ben Jonson)
    • The other zealous rag is the compositor.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Spenser)
    • Upon the proclamation, they all came in, both tag and rag .
  • A ragged edge in metalworking.
  • (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Lowell)
    • Our ship was a clipper with every rag set.
  • (slang, pejorative) A newspaper, magazine.
  • (rfc-sense) (poker slang) A card that appears to help no one.
  • (rfc-sense) (poker slang) A low card.
    • Derived terms
    * on the rag * lose one's rag * ragwort * smell of an oily rag

    Verb

    (ragg)
  • To become tattered.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 2

    origin; perhaps the same word as Etymology 1, above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
  • * 2003 , (Peter Ackroyd), The Clerkenwell Tales , page 1:
    • the three walls around the garden, each one of thirty-three feet, were built out of three layers of stone — pebble stone, flint and rag stone.

    Verb

    (ragg)
  • To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
  • To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.

    • Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain.

    Verb

    (ragg)
  • To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
  • To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
  • To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
    • Derived terms
    * rag the puck * rag on

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A prank or practical joke.
  • (UK, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.

    • Derived terms

    * rag day * rag week

    Etymology 4

    Perhaps from (ragged). Compare later (ragtime).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, US) An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
  • A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.

    • Anagrams

    *

    References

    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----