Definition of drag

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Drag (v. t.) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below)..

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Rouge Dragon :: Rouge dragon (n.) One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.
Dragantine :: Dragantine (n.) A mucilage obtained from, or containing, gum tragacanth..
Mask :: Mask (n.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ..
Drag :: Drag (v. i.) To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope..
Daggle-tailed :: Daggle-tailed (a.) Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel..
Gowdie :: Gowdie (n.) See Dragont.
Syncopation :: Syncopate (v. t.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags..
Trainel :: Trainel (n.) A dragnet.
Dredge :: Dredge (n.) Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea..
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.
Skid :: Skid (n.) A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose..
Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice..
Snapdragon :: Snapdragon (n.) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon..
Draggled :: Draggled (imp. & p. p.) of Draggl.
Dragoon :: Dragoon (n.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man..
Hesperides :: Hesperides (n. pl.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below)..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
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