a rag is a scrap or fragment of cloth randomly selected for a purpose for which it was never intended in the first place....but, it has served it's time - dried, clothed, cooled, shaded, washed, comforted..........now my little dog has been sick on the carpet, you little bastard....get me a rag dear, to wipe this up....oh gawd, it has come to this, ah well, it's only vomit....don't make such a fuss.