ragadia

1 ragadia, ragadies [cf. raga, CL raia] , thornback ray or skate (Raia clavata). b (dist. as ~ia spinosa). pallentes generat famosa ragadia morbos Neckam DS III 447; 1285 cum ‥ de quolibet batello portante ~ias venales ibidem [in villam Bristollie] quatuor ~ie de recta et antiqua prisa ad opus regis capi debeant SelCKB I 132; 1290 rex capiat ‥ de nave haddok’ unum centum haddok’ pro sex denar. de quolibet batello vel regard’ meliorem piscem pro denario et hujusmodi RParl I 27a; c1408 in j ragad’ et alb’ pisc’ Ac. Durh. 52; 1430 in j cunger et ‥ regad Ib. 61; fflay or fflatth, fysch, ~ies PP; thornbak, uranoscopus ‥ ~ies, -ei PP; hec rogaterea, A. thornbacke WW; hec ~ia, A. a ray WW; ray or schate [piscis], ~ia uranoscopus CathA; scate, ~ia, scatus Ib.; allec radagia [thornebagge] pecten cetusque balena Stanbr. Vulg. 12.  b ore giganteo, spinosa ragadia perdit, / arma canisque maris et spatiosa plays Garl. Epith. VIII 531.

2 ragadia v. rhagadia