1. (v. t.) To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

2. (n.) A piece of cloth torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.

3. (n.) Hence, mean or tattered attire; worn-out dress.

4. (n.) A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.

5. (n.) A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture.

6. (n.) A ragged edge.

7. (n.) A sail, or any piece of canvas.

8. (v. i.) To become tattered.

9. (v. t.) To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.

10. (v. t.) To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.