Ragee
or RAGGEE, an Indian grain probably the least nutritious of all ( Eleusine coracana ), very prolific, but grains. In the form of cake or porridge it is the staple food of the poorer classes in Mysore and of the Neilgherries. to institutions founded during the 19th RAGGED SCHOOLS , a name applie century for the moral reclamation and Christian instruction of the juvenile and adult necessitous poor in England. jec epic, attributed to Kálidása. The subject is similar to that of the Rama Rama's ancestors, "the family of Ragyana," but begins with an account of
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Raghuvansa
a great Sanskrit hu," an (Oudh). The text, with a Latin transancient King of Ayodhya lation, was published by Stenzler (Lond. 1832). LORD, a British military officer; born RAGLAN , FITZROY SOMERSET, Sept. 30, 1788. He was the son of the 5th Duke of Beaufort . He joined the went with the troops to Portugal, and 4th Light Dragoons at the age of 16, fought in all the great Peninsular battles, winning the notice and strong rega made him first his aide-de-camp, and gard of the Duke of Wellington , who then his military secretary. At W loo he lost his right arm. of the Duke of Wellington, Raglan was At Waterappointed Master-General of the Ord- On the death nance, and, at the outbreak of the war between France, England, and Russia, the forces ordered to proceed to the he was selected to take the command of Crimea, commanded at the battles of the Alma, Balaklava, and Inkermann, and shal. Grief at the unsuccessful attack on was promoted to the rank of field-marthe Malakoff and the Redan, and the loss of life which it entailed , preyed on his mind. He died in 1855.
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Ragnarok
rag'na-rek, in Old Norse mythology, the twilight of the gods, or doomsday of the gods. Ragnarok was the time when gods and men were to be destroyed,-when in a great battle with the powers of evil, the universe would be utterly consumed by fire. Certain warning signs of the evil day will appear. Then winters broken by no summer will come. War and discord will spread throughout Jotunheim, Alfheim, and Midgard. The earth itself will tremble. Feuris, the wolf, will break his bonds, the Midgard serpent will rise from the sea. Feuris will slay Odin and be himself slain by Odin's son. Thor will kill the serpent, but die from the combat. Loki and Heimdall will fight till both fall dead. While roaring flames fill all space, the "sun will grow dim, the earth sink into the ocean, the stars fall from the sky, and time will be no more." This is Ragnarok.
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Ragout
a dish of meat stewed and highly seasoned . ceous rock, breaking into rag-like frag-
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Rags
worn-out cloth. The rags collected in the cities are assorted and baled. Cotton rags are sold to paper mills for use in making commercial stationery, known in the trade as rag paper. Linen rags go to the same destination to be used in making stationer's linen or correspondence papers. The woolen rags go to the shoddy mill to be unraveled, picked into the original wool, recarded, spun and woven, either alone or mixed with new wool, into cheap cloth. See Shoddy
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Ragstone
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) in geology, a rough siliments. It is well adapted for sharpening steel instruments. its origin among the colored people of RAGTIME , syncopated music, having the Southern States and enjoying great characteristics are achieved by exaggervogue in vaudeville and dance halls. Its ated noise and strongly marked accents 27 imitative of the effect produced by the elementary musical instruments in use among the natives of Africa.
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Ragwort
the Senecio jacobæa, producing yellow flowers. Common by roadsides and in pastures.
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Rahway
a city in Union co., N. J.: on the Rahway river, and on the Pennsylvania railroad, 19 miles S. W. of New York. The city has a public library, high school, about 20 churches, several banks, and a number of weekly newsof railroad papers. It has manufactures signals, carriages, printing presses, hubs and spokes, clothing, and shoes, a large printing and bookbinding establishment. Pop. (1910) 9,337; (1920) 11,042.
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Rai Bareli
or RAI BAREILLY, a town and district of India; 48 miles S. E. of Lucknow; has a large brick fort (15th century), a magnificent palace and tomb of a former ru ruler, and some fine mosques. Pop. town (1911), 18,798. The district is part of the province Oudh and Agra. Area, 1,751 square miles. Pop. about 1,100,000.
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Raian Meris
a lake basin, or ancient storage reservoir, in the Fayûm, Middle Egypt. It is long since dried up, but the statements of Herodotus, Strabo, and others show that the Nile has been regulated by ilizing depression in the desert corresponding in shape and situation to the Raïan basin. A proposal to reconstruct this reservoir, by means of which an immense area might be brought under irrigation, engages attention. See MERIS, LAKE.
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Raiatea
one of the Society Islands in southeastern Polynesia; area, 75 square miles. Exports cotton and copra. Pop. about 23,000.
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Raiidae
the family of fishes to position between the Christian powers which the rays (skate, etc.) belong. See
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Rail Wagon
a combination vehicle so constructed as to be readily convertible for use on any ordinary roadway or on a railroad track. It was invented by Joseph C. Brown, of Toledo, O., in 1898.
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Railroad Clocks
B. L. Vulliamy, 8vo, London, 1845. Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, Theoretical and Practical. Thomas Reid. 8vo, Edinburgh, 1826. Reprint, Philadelphia, 1832. Reprint, London, 1847.
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U. S. (See UNITED STATES, 1921-1922.) RAIN MAKING. The vital importance of rainfall to crops and so to life and prosperity in general has made the in making one of problem of artificial rain Aside perennial interest and concern. from unfounded popular ideas, there have been many scientific proposals made, based upon knowledge of the nature of rainfall; but the only result of experiments thus far has been to establish the fact minds that while in the of scientists it may be possible to produce atmospheric raindrops on a small scale, any effort to create the necessary conditions of rain on the large scale of nature would be altogether disproportionate to the results, if not actually impossible. The principal R method employed by would-be rain makers thus far has been the detonation of explosives in the upper air. In 1891, Gen. Robert Dyrenforth, acting in behalf of the U. S. Department of Ag: iculture, conducted extensive experiments with gases and explosives in Tex Texas, the results of which, while not quite decisive, were regarded by the scientific world as failures. More recently, the late C. W. Post conducted similar experiments in Texas and Michigan (1912). No rain was obtained in these experiments except what was duly foretold by regular weather reports.
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