ragged robin

ragged robin
    n 1: common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having
         usually pink flowers with ragged petals [syn: {ragged
         robin}, {cuckoo flower}, {Lychnis flos-cuculi}, {Lychins
         floscuculi}]
    

Ragged \Rag"ged\ (r[a^]g"g[e^]d), a. [From {Rag}, n.]
   1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken;
      as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
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   2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough;
      jagged; as, ragged rocks.
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   3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.]
      "A ragged noise of mirth." --Herbert.
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   4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
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   5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.
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            What shepherd owns those ragged sheep? --Dryden.
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   {Ragged lady} (Bot.), the fennel flower ({Nigella
      Damascena}).

   {Ragged robin} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Lychnis}
      ({Lychnis Flos-cuculi}), cultivated for its handsome
      flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes.

   {Ragged sailor} (Bot.), prince's feather ({Polygonum
      orientale}).

   {Ragged school}, a free school for poor children, where they
      are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first
      because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.]
      [1913 Webster] -- {Rag"ged*ly}, adv. -- {Rag"ged*ness}, n.
      [1913 Webster] Raggie
    

Robin \Rob"in\, n. [Properly a pet name for Robert, originally
   meaning, famebright; F., fron OHG. Roudperht; ruod (in comp.;
   akin to AS. hr?? glory, fame, Goth. hr?peigs victorius) +
   beraht bright. See {Bright}, {Hob} a clown.] (Zool.)
   (a) A small European singing bird ({Erythacus rubecula}),
       having a reddish breast; -- called also {robin
       redbreast}, {robinet}, and {ruddock}.
   (b) An American singing bird ({Merula migratoria}), having
       the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are
       olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also
       {robin redbreast}, and {migratory thrush}.
   (c) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the
       genera {Petroica}, {Melanadrays}, and allied genera; as,
       the scarlet-breasted robin ({Petroica mullticolor}).
   (d) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins.
       See {Indian robin}, below.
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   {Beach robin} (Zool.), the robin snipe, or knot. See {Knot}.
      

   {Blue-throated robin}. (Zool.) See {Bluethroat}.

   {Canada robin} (Zool.), the cedar bird.

   {Golden robin} (Zool.), the Baltimore oriole.

   {Ground robin} (Zool.), the chewink.

   {Indian robin} (Zool.), any one of several species of Asiatic
      saxoline birds of the genera {Thamnobia} and {Pratincola}.
      They are mostly black, usually with some white on the
      wings.

   {Magrie robin} (Zool.), an Asiatic singing bird ({Corsycus
      saularis}), having the back, head, neck, and breast black
      glossed with blue, the wings black, and the belly white.
      

   {Ragged robin}. (Bot.) See under {Ragged}.

   {Robin accentor} (Zool.), a small Asiatic singing bird
      ({Accentor rubeculoides}), somewhat resembling the
      European robin.

   {Robin redbreast}. (Zool.)
   (a) The European robin.
   (b) The American robin.
   (c) The American bluebird.

   {Robin snipe}. (Zool.)
   (a) The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher.
   (b) The red-breasted sandpiper, or knot.

   {Robin's plantain}. (Bot.) See under {Plantain}.

   {Sea robin}. (Zool.)
   (a) Any one of several species of American gurnards of the
       genus {Prionotus}. They are excellent food fishes. Called
       also {wingfish}. The name is also applied to a European
       gurnard.
   (b) The red-breasted merganser, or sheldrake. [Local, U.S.]
       

   {Water robin} (Zool.), a redstart ({Ruticulla fuliginosa}),
      native of India.
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