Definition of drag

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Drag (v. t.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3..

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Flask :: Flask (n.) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc..
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman..
Tump :: Tump (v. t.) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed..
Demoiselle :: Demoiselle (n.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion..
Truchman :: Truchman (n.) An interpreter. See Dragoman.
Dragoon :: Dragoon (v. t.) To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
Trainel :: Trainel (n.) A dragnet.
Drag :: Drag (v. i.) To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold..
Quadragenarious :: Quadragenarious (a.) Consisting of forty; forty years old.
Bricole :: Bricole (n.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.
Pendragon :: Pendragon (n.) A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.
Personate :: Personate (a.) Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon..
Head-lugged :: Head-lugged (a.) Lugged or dragged by the head.
Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..
Mandrake :: Mandrake (n.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region..
Draglink :: Draglink (n.) A drawbar.
Mandragorite :: Mandragorite (n.) One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.
Labiate :: Labiate (a.) Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip..
Shuffling :: Shuffling (a.) Moving with a dragging, scraping step..
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