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Protract :: Protract (n.) Tedious continuance or delay.

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot..

Prolix :: Prolix (a.) Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer.

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness..

Protracted :: Protracted (imp. & p. p.) of Protrac.

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate..

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) The act or process of making a plot on paper.

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A plot on paper.

Refresher :: Refresher (n.) An extra fee paid to counsel in a case that has been adjourned from one term to another, or that is unusually protracted..

Lingering :: Lingering (a.) Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease..

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war..

Elongation :: Elongation (n.) The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension..

Howl :: Howl (n.) The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound..

Protracter :: Protracter (n.) A protractor.

Tickle :: Tickle (v. t.) To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted..

Protrusile :: Protrusile (a.) Capable of being protruded or thrust out; protractile; protrusive.

Malingerer :: Malingerer (n.) In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability..

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract..

Continue :: Continue (v. t.) To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.

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