Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragment
Literary usage of Ragment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, Aeneas James George Mackay, George Powell McNeill (1893)
"sall a ragment, &c. = I shall make known a discourse from the root of my heart .
ragment=discourse; but also a legal document, as fae,Ragman Roll of Edward ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"RAGMAN, RAGMEN, ragment, в. 1. A long piece of writing ; sometimes used to denote
a legal instrument, bond, or agreement. And mad a-pon this a ragman Swa ..."
3. The Bannatyne Manuscript by Walter Scott, David Laing (1896)
"L). " Ragmen, Ruffy," fl., the devil, 76, 4 (Anon.); "ruffe ragment," 145,
note (Anon.). V. Ruffe ragment. ragment,^., roll, account, income, 280, ..."
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