ragi, raggy
(ˈrɑːgiː, ˈrægɪ)
Also rag(g)ee, raggi.
[Hindī (Skr.) rāgī.]
One of the food-grains of India (Eleusine coracana).
| 1792 in G. R. Gleig Life Sir T. Munro (1830) III. 92 (Y.) The season for sowing raggy, rice, and bajera. 1800 Asiat. Ann. Reg., Misc. Tr. 178/2 A small quantity of dry grain, such as raggy and Indian corn. 1869 E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 228 Raggy or Ragee..is largely used in Southern India. 1889 Daily News 3 July 4/8 The prices of rice and ragi are still rising. |